How To Install libxkbcommon-x11-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libxkbcommon-x11-dev is library to create keymaps with the XKB X11 protocol - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11-dev on Debian 10.

What is libxkbcommon-x11-dev

libxkbcommon-x11-dev is:

This package provides an add-on library called xkbcommon-x11, to support creating keymaps with the XKB X11 protocol, by querying the X server directly.

This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxkbcommon-x11-0. 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-x11-dev on Debian 10. 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-x11-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-x11-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxkbcommon-x11-dev

Install libxkbcommon-x11-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon-x11-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxkbcommon-x11-dev

Install libxkbcommon-x11-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-x11-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxkbcommon-x11-dev

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-x11-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libxkbcommon-x11-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxkbcommon-x11-dev

Uninstall libxkbcommon-x11-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxkbcommon-x11-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbcommon-x11-dev

Remove libxkbcommon-x11-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxkbcommon-x11-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbcommon-x11-dev

Remove libxkbcommon-x11-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxkbcommon-x11-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbcommon-x11-dev

Dependencies

libxkbcommon-x11-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-x11-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.