How To Install libxm4 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxm4 on Debian 10.
What is libxm4
libxm4 is:
Motif is the industry standard GUI component toolkit for *NIX.
This package contains the X/Motif shared library.
There are three methods to install libxm4 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 libxm4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxm4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxm4
Install libxm4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxm4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxm4
Install libxm4 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 libxm4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxm4
How To Uninstall libxm4 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libxm4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxm4
Uninstall libxm4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxm4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxm4
Remove libxm4 Configurations and Data
To remove libxm4 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxm4
Remove libxm4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxm4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxm4
Dependencies
libxm4 have the following dependencies:
- x11-common
- libmotif-common
- libc6
- libfontconfig1
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- libxft2
- libxmu6
- libxt6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxm4 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.