How To Install libxsettings-dev on Debian 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxsettings-dev on Debian 10.

What is libxsettings-dev

libxsettings-dev is:

Provides a mechanism to allow the configuration of settings such as double click timeout, drag-and-drop threshold, and default foreground and background colors for all applications running within a desktop.

This package contains the development files for building applications using libxsettings.

Used by the GPE Palmtop Environment.

There are three methods to install libxsettings-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 libxsettings-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 libxsettings-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxsettings-dev

Install libxsettings-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxsettings-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxsettings-dev

How To Uninstall libxsettings-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libxsettings-dev

Uninstall libxsettings-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxsettings-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxsettings-dev

Remove libxsettings-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxsettings-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxsettings-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxsettings-dev have the following dependencies:

• libxsettings0

References

• libxsettings-dev website
• libxsettings-dev on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxsettings-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.