How To Install libxt6 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt6 on Debian 10.
What is libxt6
libxt6 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).
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 libxt6 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 libxt6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxt6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxt6
Install libxt6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxt6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxt6
Install libxt6 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 libxt6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxt6
How To Uninstall libxt6 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libxt6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxt6
Uninstall libxt6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxt6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxt6
Remove libxt6 Configurations and Data
To remove libxt6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxt6
Remove libxt6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxt6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxt6
Dependencies
libxt6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.