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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libxfixes-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libxfixes-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libxfixes-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libxfixes-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxfixes-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libxfixes-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 97
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: libxfixes
Version: 1:5.0.1-2
Depends: libxfixes3 (= 1:5.0.1-2), libx11-dev, x11proto-fixes-dev (>= 1:5.0-1)
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxfixes/libxfixes-dev_5.0.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 10916
MD5sum: 7b434effaffdc5563f986fbe768afc89
SHA1: f94d1e61b28c82ea6f0a7f4445b5f079f32a184a
SHA256: 1a1972e745b0d276a648fcef54d90bc9fe3b69487f68be032b7dc5258727b2b4
Description-en: X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extension library (development headers)
libXfixes provides an X Window System client interface to the 'XFIXES'
extension to the X protocol.
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It provides support for Region types, and some cursor functions.
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This package contains the development headers for the library found in
libxfixes3. 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/libXfixes
Description-md5: 534fb9330ebefdcdd616826883b3e8d6
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev