How To Install libxdmcp6 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdmcp6 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdmcp6
Remove libxdmcp6 Configurations and Data
To remove libxdmcp6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdmcp6 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
