How To Install libxdamage1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdamage1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxdamage1
libxdamage1 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).
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 libxdamage1 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 libxdamage1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdamage1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxdamage1
Install libxdamage1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxdamage1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxdamage1
Install libxdamage1 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 libxdamage1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxdamage1
How To Uninstall libxdamage1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxdamage1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxdamage1
Uninstall libxdamage1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxdamage1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdamage1
Remove libxdamage1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxdamage1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxdamage1
Remove libxdamage1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxdamage1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdamage1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdamage1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
