How To Install libxkbcommon0 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 libxkbcommon0 on Ubuntu.
What is libxkbcommon0
libxkbcommon0 is:
This package provides a library to handle keyboard descriptions, including loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their state. It’s mainly meant for client toolkits, window systems, and other system applications; currently that includes Wayland, kmscon, GTK+, Clutter, and more.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon.git
There are three methods to install libxkbcommon0 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 libxkbcommon0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxkbcommon0
Install libxkbcommon0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxkbcommon0
Install libxkbcommon0 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 libxkbcommon0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxkbcommon0
How To Uninstall libxkbcommon0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxkbcommon0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxkbcommon0
Uninstall libxkbcommon0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxkbcommon0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbcommon0
Remove libxkbcommon0 Configurations and Data
To remove libxkbcommon0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbcommon0
Remove libxkbcommon0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxkbcommon0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbcommon0
Dependencies
libxkbcommon0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.