How to Install and Uninstall libsm-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libsm-dev" package

Learn how to install libsm-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libsm-dev

2. Uninstall "libsm-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libsm-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libsm-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libsm-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsm-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 117
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: libsm
Version: 2:1.2.2-1
Depends: libsm6 (= 2:1.2.2-1), x11proto-core-dev, libice-dev (>= 1:1.0.0-1)
Suggests: libsm-doc
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsm/libsm-dev_1.2.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 16188
MD5sum: 858c96db7d09d2bd5466f3e7d262d04f
SHA1: 41dd3261913cbc5c165a5f00412130a4ef0b943a
SHA256: b3b52f8cb3515af2a294fe8f44b2561b2a3f41b0ca99a57adcc2b9a8f9fae877
Description-en: X11 Session Management library (development headers)
This package provides the main interface to the X11 Session Management
library, which allows for applications to both manage sessions, and make use
of session managers to save and restore their state for later use.
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This package contains the development headers for the library found in libsm6.
Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
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More information about X.Org can be found at:

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This module can be found at
git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libSM
Description-md5: aabe94b2c3c6005a8f2ef7690a66644f
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y