How To Install libxkbfile1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbfile1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxkbfile1-dbg
libxkbfile1-dbg is:
libxkbfile provides an interface to read and manipulate description files for XKB, the X11 keyboard configuration extension. libXt provides the X Toolkit Intrinsics, an abstract widget library upon which other toolkits are based. Xt is the basis for many toolkits, including the Athena widgets (Xaw), and LessTif (a Motif implementation).
This package contains the debug versions of 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 libxkbfile1-dbg 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 libxkbfile1-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbfile1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxkbfile1-dbg
Install libxkbfile1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbfile1-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxkbfile1-dbg
Install libxkbfile1-dbg 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 libxkbfile1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxkbfile1-dbg
How To Uninstall libxkbfile1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxkbfile1-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxkbfile1-dbg
Uninstall libxkbfile1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxkbfile1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbfile1-dbg
Remove libxkbfile1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libxkbfile1-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbfile1-dbg
Remove libxkbfile1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxkbfile1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbfile1-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbfile1-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
