How To Install libxxf86vm-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxxf86vm-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libxxf86vm-dev
libxxf86vm-dev is:
libXxf86vm provides an interface to the XFree86-VidModeExtension extension, which allows client applications to get and set video mode timings in extensive detail. It is used by the xvidtune program in particular.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxxf86vm1. 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/libXxf86vm
There are three methods to install libxxf86vm-dev
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxxf86vm-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 libxxf86vm-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxxf86vm-dev
Install libxxf86vm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxxf86vm-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxxf86vm-dev
Install libxxf86vm-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 libxxf86vm-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxxf86vm-dev
How To Uninstall libxxf86vm-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libxxf86vm-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxxf86vm-dev
Uninstall libxxf86vm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxxf86vm-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxxf86vm-dev
Remove libxxf86vm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxxf86vm-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxxf86vm-dev
Remove libxxf86vm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxxf86vm-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxxf86vm-dev
Dependencies
libxxf86vm-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxxf86vm-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.