How To Install libwlroots9 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 libwlroots9 on Ubuntu.

What is `libwlroots9`

libwlroots9 is:

wlroots is a set of pluggable, composable modules to build a Wayland composior.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libwlroots9 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 libwlroots9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwlroots9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwlroots9

Install libwlroots9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwlroots9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwlroots9

Install libwlroots9 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 libwlroots9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwlroots9

How To Uninstall libwlroots9 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libwlroots9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwlroots9

Uninstall libwlroots9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwlroots9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwlroots9

Remove libwlroots9 Configurations and Data

To remove libwlroots9 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwlroots9

Remove libwlroots9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwlroots9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwlroots9

Dependencies

libwlroots9 have the following dependencies:

References

libwlroots9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlroots9 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.