How To Install xserver-xorg-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-dev on Debian 9.
What is xserver-xorg-dev
xserver-xorg-dev is:
This package provides development files for the X.Org (‘Xorg’) X server. This is not quite the same as the DDK (Driver Development Kit) from the XFree86 4.x and X.Org 6.7, 6.8 and 6.9 series of servers; it provides headers and a pkg-config file for drivers using autotools to build against.
Unless you are developing or building a driver, you probably want xserver-xorg and/or xserver-xorg-core instead.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.x.org
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xserver-xorg-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 xserver-xorg-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-dev
Install xserver-xorg-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-dev
Install xserver-xorg-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 xserver-xorg-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-dev
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-dev
Uninstall xserver-xorg-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-dev
Remove xserver-xorg-dev Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-dev
Remove xserver-xorg-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-dev
Dependencies
xserver-xorg-dev have the following dependencies:
- libpixman-1-dev
- x11proto-core-dev
- x11proto-input-dev
- x11proto-xext-dev
- x11proto-video-dev
- x11proto-randr-dev
- x11proto-render-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.