How to Install and Uninstall xorg-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "xorg-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install xorg-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xorg-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xorg-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xorg-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xorg-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xorg-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: xorg-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 1:7.7+22ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Source: xorg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 46
Depends: libdmx-dev, libfontenc-dev, libfs-dev, libice-dev, libsm-dev, libx11-dev, libxau-dev, libxaw7-dev, libxcomposite-dev, libxcursor-dev, libxdamage-dev, libxdmcp-dev, libxext-dev, libxfixes-dev, libxfont-dev, libxft-dev, libxi-dev, libxinerama-dev, libxkbfile-dev, libxmu-dev, libxmuu-dev, libxpm-dev, libxrandr-dev, libxrender-dev, libxres-dev, libxss-dev, libxt-dev, libxtst-dev, libxv-dev, libxvmc-dev, libxxf86dga-dev, libxxf86vm-dev, x11proto-dev, xserver-xorg-dev, xtrans-dev
Filename: pool/main/x/xorg/xorg-dev_7.7+22ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 4494
MD5sum: 18b4c82aafaa14a53b10553e8d12e94a
SHA1: 9aca6d3e225adc6831f9a054e53ee21d7cea1af7
SHA256: bb76ed7c0a0b53f9832fc685c7f8829b14e139a4ac05999122597e89ca8ac820
SHA512: c4bf04a7a4e5085038315141c0531adc9367a08e1cb7d9655dc7b797726a53b32b4c0cf912ef32d24bcd3315db76745b26dea93b3b22d859c1d56f41e994cf49
Homepage: https://www.x.org/
Description-en: X.Org X Window System development libraries
This metapackage provides the development libraries for the X.Org X Window
System.
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X Window System design documentation, manual pages, library reference
works, static versions of the shared libraries, and C header files are
supplied by the packages depended on by this metapackage.
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Note that this is a convenience package for users and is not a package for
Debian developers to have their package depend on.
Description-md5: 00a974084948001400546a402cbefdb1