How To Install libxfixes3 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 libxfixes3 on Ubuntu.
What is libxfixes3
libxfixes3 is:
libXfixes provides an X Window System client interface to the ‘XFIXES’ extension to the X protocol.
It provides support for Region types, and some cursor functions.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXfixes
There are three methods to install libxfixes3 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 libxfixes3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxfixes3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxfixes3
Install libxfixes3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxfixes3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxfixes3
Install libxfixes3 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 libxfixes3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxfixes3
How To Uninstall libxfixes3 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxfixes3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxfixes3
Uninstall libxfixes3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxfixes3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxfixes3
Remove libxfixes3 Configurations and Data
To remove libxfixes3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxfixes3
Remove libxfixes3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxfixes3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxfixes3
Dependencies
libxfixes3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfixes3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.