Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxrender-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxrender-dev
libxrender-dev is:
The X Rendering Extension (Render) introduces digital image composition as
the foundation of a new rendering model within the X Window System.
Rendering geometric figures is accomplished by client-side tessellation into
either triangles or trapezoids. Text is drawn by loading glyphs into the
server and rendering sets of them. The Xrender library exposes this
extension to X clients.
This package provides a static library and C header files.
More information about X.Org can be found at:
URL:https://www.X.org
This module can be found at
git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXrender
There are three methods to install libxrender-dev 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 libxrender-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxrender-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxrender-dev
Install libxrender-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxrender-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxrender-dev
Install libxrender-dev 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 libxrender-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxrender-dev
How To Uninstall libxrender-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxrender-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxrender-dev
Uninstall libxrender-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxrender-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxrender-dev
Remove libxrender-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxrender-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxrender-dev
Remove libxrender-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxrender-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxrender-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxrender-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
