How To Install libxt-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libxt-doc is X11 toolkit intrinsics library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxt-doc

libxt-doc 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 X Toolkit Intrinsics C API documentation.

There are three methods to install libxt-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxt-doc

Install libxt-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxt-doc

Install libxt-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libxt-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxt-doc

How To Uninstall libxt-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxt-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxt-doc

Uninstall libxt-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxt-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxt-doc

Remove libxt-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libxt-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxt-doc

Remove libxt-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxt-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.