How To Install libxfixes-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfixes-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxfixes-dev
libxfixes-dev is:
libXfixes provides an X Window System client interface to the ‘XFIXES’ extension to the X protocol.
It provides support for Region types, and some cursor functions.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxfixes3. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXfixes
There are three methods to install libxfixes-dev 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 libxfixes-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 libxfixes-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxfixes-dev
Install libxfixes-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxfixes-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxfixes-dev
Install libxfixes-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 libxfixes-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxfixes-dev
How To Uninstall libxfixes-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxfixes-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxfixes-dev
Uninstall libxfixes-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxfixes-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxfixes-dev
Remove libxfixes-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxfixes-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxfixes-dev
Remove libxfixes-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxfixes-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxfixes-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfixes-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
