How To Install xbase-clients on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbase-clients on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xbase-clients
xbase-clients is:
An X client is a program that interfaces with an X server (almost always via the X libraries), and thus with some input and output hardware like a graphics card, monitor, keyboard, and pointing device (such as a mouse).
This package provides a miscellaneous assortment of several dozen X clients that ship with the X Window System.
This package is provided for transition from earlier Debian releases, the programs formerly in xutils and xbase-clients having been split out in smaller packages.
There are three methods to install xbase-clients 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 xbase-clients Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xbase-clients using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xbase-clients
Install xbase-clients Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xbase-clients using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xbase-clients
Install xbase-clients 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 xbase-clients using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xbase-clients
How To Uninstall xbase-clients on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xbase-clients package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xbase-clients
Uninstall xbase-clients And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xbase-clients and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xbase-clients
Remove xbase-clients Configurations and Data
To remove xbase-clients configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xbase-clients
Remove xbase-clients configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xbase-clients configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xbase-clients
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbase-clients package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
