Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu-headers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxmu-headers
libxmu-headers is:
libXmu and libXmuu are miscellaneous utility libraries for X library
developers to abstract some common functions. This package provides the
headers for both libraries (as libXmuu is a subset of libXmu), and
is depended upon by both. For more information, please see libxmu-dev or
libxmuu-dev.
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/libXmu
There are three methods to install libxmu-headers on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxmu-headers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmu-headers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxmu-headers
Install libxmu-headers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxmu-headers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxmu-headers
Install libxmu-headers 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 libxmu-headers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxmu-headers
How To Uninstall libxmu-headers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxmu-headers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxmu-headers
Uninstall libxmu-headers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxmu-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmu-headers
Remove libxmu-headers Configurations and Data
To remove libxmu-headers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxmu-headers
Remove libxmu-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxmu-headers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmu-headers
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu-headers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
