How To Install libxrender1 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxrender1 on Debian 11.
What is libxrender1
libxrender1 is:
The X Rendering Extension (Render) introduces digital image composition as the foundation of a new rendering model within the X Window System. Rendering geometric figures is accomplished by client-side tessellation into either triangles or trapezoids. Text is drawn by loading glyphs into the server and rendering sets of them. The Xrender library exposes this extension to X clients.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXrender
There are three methods to install libxrender1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxrender1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxrender1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxrender1
Install libxrender1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxrender1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxrender1
Install libxrender1 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 libxrender1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxrender1
How To Uninstall libxrender1 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libxrender1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxrender1
Uninstall libxrender1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxrender1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxrender1
Remove libxrender1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxrender1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxrender1
Remove libxrender1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxrender1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxrender1
Dependencies
libxrender1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxrender1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.