How To Install libfs6 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 libfs6 on Ubuntu.
What is libfs6
libfs6 is:
libFS, the Font Services library, provides various functions useful to X11 font servers, and clients connecting to font servers. It is not used outside of these implementations.
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/libFS
There are three methods to install libfs6 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 libfs6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfs6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfs6
Install libfs6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfs6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfs6
Install libfs6 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 libfs6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfs6
How To Uninstall libfs6 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libfs6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfs6
Uninstall libfs6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfs6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfs6
Remove libfs6 Configurations and Data
To remove libfs6 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfs6
Remove libfs6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfs6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfs6
Dependencies
libfs6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs6 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.