How To Install libxshmfence-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxshmfence-dev on Debian 9.
What is libxshmfence-dev
libxshmfence-dev is:
This library provides an interface to shared-memory fences for synchronization between the X server and direct-rendering clients.
This package contains the xshmfence development files.
There are three methods to install libxshmfence-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxshmfence-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 libxshmfence-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxshmfence-dev
Install libxshmfence-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxshmfence-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxshmfence-dev
Install libxshmfence-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 libxshmfence-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxshmfence-dev
How To Uninstall libxshmfence-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxshmfence-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxshmfence-dev
Uninstall libxshmfence-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxshmfence-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxshmfence-dev
Remove libxshmfence-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxshmfence-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxshmfence-dev
Remove libxshmfence-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxshmfence-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxshmfence-dev
Dependencies
libxshmfence-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxshmfence-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.