How To Install libxkbcommon-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxkbcommon-doc
libxkbcommon-doc 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 documentation files 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-doc 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 libxkbcommon-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxkbcommon-doc
Install libxkbcommon-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxkbcommon-doc
Install libxkbcommon-doc 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 libxkbcommon-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxkbcommon-doc
How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxkbcommon-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxkbcommon-doc
Uninstall libxkbcommon-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxkbcommon-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbcommon-doc
Remove libxkbcommon-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libxkbcommon-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbcommon-doc
Remove libxkbcommon-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxkbcommon-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbcommon-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
