How To Install libxkbcommon-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-dev on Debian 9.
What is libxkbcommon-dev
libxkbcommon-dev is:
xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions, including loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their state. It’s mainly meant for client toolkits, window systems, and other system applications; currently that includes Wayland, kmscon, GTK+, Clutter, and more.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxkbcommon0. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon.git
There are three methods to install libxkbcommon-dev 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 libxkbcommon-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 libxkbcommon-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxkbcommon-dev
Install libxkbcommon-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxkbcommon-dev
Install libxkbcommon-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxkbcommon-dev
How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxkbcommon-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxkbcommon-dev
Uninstall libxkbcommon-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxkbcommon-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbcommon-dev
Remove libxkbcommon-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxkbcommon-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbcommon-dev
Remove libxkbcommon-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxkbcommon-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbcommon-dev
Dependencies
libxkbcommon-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.