How To Install libxpa-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpa-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libxpa-dev
libxpa-dev is:
The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. Because XPA works both at the programming level and the shell level, it is a powerful tool for unifying any analysis environment: users and programmers have great flexibility in choosing the best level or levels at which to access XPA services, and client access can be extended or modified easily at any time.
This package contains the header files and the static library.
There are three methods to install libxpa-dev
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 libxpa-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 libxpa-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxpa-dev
Install libxpa-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxpa-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxpa-dev
Install libxpa-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxpa-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxpa-dev
How To Uninstall libxpa-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libxpa-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxpa-dev
Uninstall libxpa-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxpa-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxpa-dev
Remove libxpa-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxpa-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxpa-dev
Remove libxpa-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxpa-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxpa-dev
Dependencies
libxpa-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpa-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.