How To Install libxt-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt-dev on Debian 12.
What is libxt-dev
libxt-dev is:
libXt provides the X Toolkit Intrinsics, an abstract widget library upon which other toolkits are based. Xt is the basis for many toolkits, including the Athena widgets (Xaw), and LessTif (a Motif implementation).
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxt6. 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/libXt
There are three methods to install libxt-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxt-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 libxt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxt-dev
Install libxt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxt-dev
Install libxt-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 libxt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxt-dev
How To Uninstall libxt-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libxt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxt-dev
Uninstall libxt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxt-dev
Remove libxt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxt-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxt-dev
Remove libxt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxt-dev
Dependencies
libxt-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
