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.
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
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
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:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmu6
References
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.
