How To Install libxmu-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libxmu-dev
libxmu-dev is:
libXmu provides a set of miscellaneous utility convenience functions for X libraries to use. libXmuu is a lighter-weight version that does not depend on libXt or libXext; for more information, see libxmuu1.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxmu6. 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/libXmu
There are three methods to install libxmu-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxmu-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 libxmu-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxmu-dev
Install libxmu-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmu-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxmu-dev
Install libxmu-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 libxmu-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxmu-dev
How To Uninstall libxmu-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libxmu-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxmu-dev
Uninstall libxmu-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxmu-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmu-dev
Remove libxmu-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxmu-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxmu-dev
Remove libxmu-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxmu-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmu-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.