How To Install libxext-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 libxext-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libxext-dev
libxext-dev is:
libXext provides an X Window System client interface to several extensions to the X protocol.
The supported protocol extensions are:
- DOUBLE-BUFFER (DBE), the Double Buffer extension;
- DPMS, the VESA Display Power Management System extension;
- Extended-Visual-Information (EVI), an extension for gathering extra information about the X server’s visuals;
- LBX, the Low Bandwidth X extension;
- MIT-SHM, the MIT X client/server shared memory extension;
- MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, a miscellaneous extension by MIT;
- Multi-Buffering, the multi-buffering and stereo display extension;
- SECURITY, the X security extension;
- SHAPE, the non-rectangular shaped window extension;
- SYNC, the X synchronization extension;
- TOG-CUP, the Open Group’s Colormap Utilization extension;
- XC-APPGROUP, the X Consortium’s Application Group extension;
- XC-MISC, the X Consortium’s resource ID querying extension;
- XTEST, the X test extension (this is one of two client-side implementations; the other is in the libXtst library, provided by the libxtst6 package);
libXext also provides a small set of utility functions to aid authors of client APIs for X protocol extensions.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxext6. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXext
There are three methods to install libxext-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 libxext-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 libxext-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxext-dev
Install libxext-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxext-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxext-dev
Install libxext-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 libxext-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxext-dev
How To Uninstall libxext-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxext-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxext-dev
Uninstall libxext-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxext-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxext-dev
Remove libxext-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxext-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxext-dev
Remove libxext-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxext-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxext-dev
Dependencies
libxext-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxext-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.