How To Install libxmuu-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmuu-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libxmuu-dev is X11 miscellaneous micro-utility library (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmuu-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxmuu-dev

libxmuu-dev is:

libXmuu provides a set of miscellaneous utility convenience functions for X libraries to use. It is a lighter version of libXmu that does not depend on libXt or libXext; for more information on libXmu, see libxmu6.

This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxmuu1. 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 libxmuu-dev 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 libxmuu-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 libxmuu-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxmuu-dev

Install libxmuu-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmuu-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxmuu-dev

Install libxmuu-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 libxmuu-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmuu-dev

How To Uninstall libxmuu-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxmuu-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxmuu-dev

Uninstall libxmuu-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxmuu-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmuu-dev

Remove libxmuu-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxmuu-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmuu-dev

Remove libxmuu-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxmuu-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmuu-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmuu-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.