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