How To Install libweston-9-0 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 libweston-9-0 on Ubuntu.

What is `libweston-9-0`

libweston-9-0 is:

Part of the Wayland project is also the Weston reference implementation of a Wayland compositor. Weston can run as an X client or under Linux KMS and ships with a few demo clients. The Weston compositor is a minimal and fast compositor and is suitable for many embedded and mobile use cases.

This package includes the libweston shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libweston-9-0 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 libweston-9-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libweston-9-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libweston-9-0

Install libweston-9-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libweston-9-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libweston-9-0

Install libweston-9-0 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 libweston-9-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libweston-9-0

How To Uninstall libweston-9-0 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libweston-9-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libweston-9-0

Uninstall libweston-9-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libweston-9-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libweston-9-0

Remove libweston-9-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libweston-9-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libweston-9-0

Remove libweston-9-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libweston-9-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libweston-9-0

Dependencies

libweston-9-0 have the following dependencies:

References

libweston-9-0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libweston-9-0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.