How To Install xcvt 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 xcvt
on Ubuntu.
What is xcvt
xcvt is:
libxcvt is a library providing a standalone version of the X server implementation of the VESA CVT standard timing modelines generator.
This package includes the commandline tool ‘cvt’.
There are three methods to install xcvt
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 xcvt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xcvt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xcvt
Install xcvt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xcvt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xcvt
Install xcvt 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 xcvt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xcvt
How To Uninstall xcvt on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xcvt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xcvt
Uninstall xcvt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xcvt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xcvt
Remove xcvt Configurations and Data
To remove xcvt
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xcvt
Remove xcvt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xcvt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xcvt
Dependencies
xcvt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcvt
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.