How To Install libxext6 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxext6 on Debian 11. libxext6 is X11 miscellaneous extension library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxext6 on Debian 11.

What is libxext6

libxext6 is:

libXext provides an X Window System client interface to several extensions to the X protocol.

The supported protocol extensions are:

  • DOUBLE-BUFFER (DBE), the Double Buffer extension;
  • DPMS, the VESA Display Power Management System extension;
  • Extended-Visual-Information (EVI), an extension for gathering extra information about the X server’s visuals;
  • LBX, the Low Bandwidth X extension;
  • MIT-SHM, the MIT X client/server shared memory extension;
  • MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, a miscellaneous extension by MIT;
  • Multi-Buffering, the multi-buffering and stereo display extension;
  • SECURITY, the X security extension;
  • SHAPE, the non-rectangular shaped window extension;
  • SYNC, the X synchronization extension;
  • TOG-CUP, the Open Group’s Colormap Utilization extension;
  • XC-APPGROUP, the X Consortium’s Application Group extension;
  • XC-MISC, the X Consortium’s resource ID querying extension;
  • XTEST, the X test extension (this is one of two client-side implementations; the other is in the libXtst library, provided by the libxtst6 package);

libXext also provides a small set of utility functions to aid authors of client APIs for X protocol extensions.

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/libXext

There are three methods to install libxext6 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libxext6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxext6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxext6

Install libxext6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxext6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxext6

Install libxext6 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 libxext6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxext6

How To Uninstall libxext6 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libxext6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxext6

Uninstall libxext6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxext6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxext6

Remove libxext6 Configurations and Data

To remove libxext6 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxext6

Remove libxext6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxext6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxext6

Dependencies

libxext6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxext6 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.