How To Install libxmu6 on Ubuntu 18.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu6 on Ubuntu 18.04. libxmu6 is X11 miscellaneous utility library

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu6 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxmu6

libxmu6 is:

libXmu provides a set of miscellaneous utility convenience functions for X
libraries to use. libXmuu is a lighter-weight version that does not depend
on libXt or libXext; for more information, see libxmuu1.

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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 libxmu6 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 libxmu6 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmu6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxmu6

Install libxmu6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmu6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxmu6

Install libxmu6 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 libxmu6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmu6

How To Uninstall libxmu6 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxmu6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxmu6

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Uninstall libxmu6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxmu6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmu6

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Remove libxmu6 Configurations and Data

To remove libxmu6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmu6

Remove libxmu6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxmu6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

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sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmu6

References

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu6 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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