How To Install libxdmcp6 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdmcp6 on Debian 9.

What is libxdmcp6

libxdmcp6 is:

This package provides the main interface to the X11 display manager control protocol library, which allows for remote logins to display managers.

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/libXdmcp

There are three methods to install libxdmcp6 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libxdmcp6 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdmcp6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxdmcp6

Install libxdmcp6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdmcp6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxdmcp6

Install libxdmcp6 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdmcp6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxdmcp6

How To Uninstall libxdmcp6 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libxdmcp6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxdmcp6

Uninstall libxdmcp6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxdmcp6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdmcp6

Remove libxdmcp6 Configurations and Data

To remove libxdmcp6 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxdmcp6

Remove libxdmcp6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxdmcp6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdmcp6

Dependencies

libxdmcp6 have the following dependencies:

• libbsd0
• libc6

References

• libxdmcp6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdmcp6 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.