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How To Install libcairo-5c0 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-5c0 on Ubuntu.

What is libcairo-5c0

libcairo-5c0 is:

This package contains a shared library which links to the cairo library using the nickle FFI mechanism. It exposes most of the cairo API, although support for fonts is limited to the toy font API.

There are three methods to install libcairo-5c0 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcairo-5c0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcairo-5c0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcairo-5c0

Install libcairo-5c0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcairo-5c0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcairo-5c0

Install libcairo-5c0 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 libcairo-5c0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcairo-5c0

How To Uninstall libcairo-5c0 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libcairo-5c0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcairo-5c0

Uninstall libcairo-5c0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcairo-5c0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcairo-5c0

Remove libcairo-5c0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcairo-5c0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcairo-5c0

Remove libcairo-5c0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcairo-5c0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcairo-5c0

Dependencies

libcairo-5c0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-5c0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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