How To Install libxapp1 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 libxapp1 on Ubuntu.

What is `libxapp1`

libxapp1 is:

Xapp provides components which are common to multiple desktop environments and required to implement cross-DE solutions.

This library is used by several Xapp apps.

There are three methods to install libxapp1 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 libxapp1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxapp1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxapp1

Install libxapp1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxapp1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxapp1

Install libxapp1 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 libxapp1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxapp1

How To Uninstall libxapp1 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libxapp1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxapp1

Uninstall libxapp1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxapp1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxapp1

Remove libxapp1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxapp1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxapp1

Remove libxapp1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxapp1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxapp1

Dependencies

libxapp1 have the following dependencies:

References

libxapp1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapp1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.