How To Install libxcb-damage0 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 libxcb-damage0 on Ubuntu.
What is libxcb-damage0
libxcb-damage0 is:
This package contains the library files needed to run software using libxcb-damage, the damage extension for the X C Binding.
The XCB library provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, designed to replace the Xlib interface. XCB provides several advantages over Xlib:
- Size: small library and lower memory footprint
- Latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
- Direct protocol access: one-to-one mapping between interface and protocol
- Thread support: access XCB from multiple threads, with no explicit locking
- Easy creation of new extensions: automatically generates interface from machine-parsable protocol descriptions
There are three methods to install libxcb-damage0 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 libxcb-damage0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb-damage0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcb-damage0
Install libxcb-damage0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb-damage0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcb-damage0
Install libxcb-damage0 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 libxcb-damage0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcb-damage0
How To Uninstall libxcb-damage0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxcb-damage0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcb-damage0
Uninstall libxcb-damage0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcb-damage0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcb-damage0
Remove libxcb-damage0 Configurations and Data
To remove libxcb-damage0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcb-damage0
Remove libxcb-damage0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcb-damage0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcb-damage0
Dependencies
libxcb-damage0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-damage0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.