How To Install libxkbfile-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbfile-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxkbfile-dev
libxkbfile-dev is:
libxkbfile provides an interface to read and manipulate description files for XKB, the X11 keyboard configuration extension.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxkbfile1. 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 git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libxkbfile
There are three methods to install libxkbfile-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 libxkbfile-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 libxkbfile-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxkbfile-dev
Install libxkbfile-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbfile-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxkbfile-dev
Install libxkbfile-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 libxkbfile-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxkbfile-dev
How To Uninstall libxkbfile-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxkbfile-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxkbfile-dev
Uninstall libxkbfile-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxkbfile-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbfile-dev
Remove libxkbfile-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxkbfile-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbfile-dev
Remove libxkbfile-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxkbfile-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbfile-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbfile-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
