How To Install wx-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wx-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wx-common
wx-common is:
wxWidgets (formerly known as wxWindows) is a class library for C++ providing GUI components and other facilities on several popular platforms (and some unpopular ones as well).
This package provides common support files not bound to any particular wxWidgets release, such as font metrics required by some ports, and miscellaneous developer aids and binary utilities.
There are three methods to install wx-common 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 wx-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wx-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wx-common
Install wx-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wx-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wx-common
Install wx-common 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 wx-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wx-common
How To Uninstall wx-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wx-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wx-common
Uninstall wx-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wx-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wx-common
Remove wx-common Configurations and Data
To remove wx-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wx-common
Remove wx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wx-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wx-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wx-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
