How To Install libxxf86vm1-dbg on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxxf86vm1-dbg on Debian 10.
What is libxxf86vm1-dbg
libxxf86vm1-dbg 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 debug versions of 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 libxxf86vm1-dbg 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 libxxf86vm1-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxxf86vm1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxxf86vm1-dbg
Install libxxf86vm1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxxf86vm1-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxxf86vm1-dbg
Install libxxf86vm1-dbg 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 libxxf86vm1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxxf86vm1-dbg
How To Uninstall libxxf86vm1-dbg on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libxxf86vm1-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxxf86vm1-dbg
Uninstall libxxf86vm1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxxf86vm1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxxf86vm1-dbg
Remove libxxf86vm1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libxxf86vm1-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxxf86vm1-dbg
Remove libxxf86vm1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxxf86vm1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxxf86vm1-dbg
Dependencies
libxxf86vm1-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxxf86vm1-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.