How To Install libxdamage-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdamage-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxdamage-dev
libxdamage-dev is:
libXdamage provides an X Window System client interface to the DAMAGE extension to the X protocol.
The Damage extension provides for notification of when on-screen regions have been ‘damaged’ (altered).
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxdamage1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXdamage
There are three methods to install libxdamage-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxdamage-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdamage-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxdamage-dev
Install libxdamage-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdamage-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxdamage-dev
Install libxdamage-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdamage-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxdamage-dev
How To Uninstall libxdamage-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxdamage-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxdamage-dev
Uninstall libxdamage-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxdamage-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdamage-dev
Remove libxdamage-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxdamage-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxdamage-dev
Remove libxdamage-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxdamage-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdamage-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdamage-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
