How To Install libxxf86vm-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libxxf86vm-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libxxf86vm-dev is X11 XFree86 video mode extension library (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxxf86vm-dev on Debian 12.

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 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 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 12

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 12, 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 12 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 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.