How To Install libxklavier16 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxklavier16 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxklavier16
libxklavier16 is:
Libxklavier provides programmers an API for high(er) level access to the X Keyboard Extension, to ease creating XKB related applications.
There are three methods to install libxklavier16 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 libxklavier16 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxklavier16 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxklavier16
Install libxklavier16 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxklavier16 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxklavier16
Install libxklavier16 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 libxklavier16 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxklavier16
How To Uninstall libxklavier16 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxklavier16 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxklavier16
Uninstall libxklavier16 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxklavier16 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxklavier16
Remove libxklavier16 Configurations and Data
To remove libxklavier16 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxklavier16
Remove libxklavier16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxklavier16 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxklavier16
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxklavier16 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.