How To Install libxcb1-dev 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 libxcb1-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libxcb1-dev
libxcb1-dev is:
This package contains the header and library files needed to build software using libxcb, 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 libxcb1-dev 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 libxcb1-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcb1-dev
Install libxcb1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcb1-dev
Install libxcb1-dev 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 libxcb1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcb1-dev
How To Uninstall libxcb1-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxcb1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcb1-dev
Uninstall libxcb1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcb1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcb1-dev
Remove libxcb1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxcb1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcb1-dev
Remove libxcb1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcb1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcb1-dev
Dependencies
libxcb1-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb1-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.