How To Install libxfdashboard-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfdashboard-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxfdashboard-dev
libxfdashboard-dev is:
xfdashboard provides an overview of applications currently open enabling the user to switch between different applications. The search feature works like Xfce’s appfinder which makes it convenient to search for and start applications.
This package provides the libxfdashboard development files.
There are three methods to install libxfdashboard-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxfdashboard-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 libxfdashboard-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxfdashboard-dev
Install libxfdashboard-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxfdashboard-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxfdashboard-dev
Install libxfdashboard-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 libxfdashboard-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxfdashboard-dev
How To Uninstall libxfdashboard-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxfdashboard-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxfdashboard-dev
Uninstall libxfdashboard-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxfdashboard-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxfdashboard-dev
Remove libxfdashboard-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxfdashboard-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxfdashboard-dev
Remove libxfdashboard-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxfdashboard-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxfdashboard-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfdashboard-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.