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

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "xserver-xorg-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install xserver-xorg-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall xserver-xorg-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 xserver-xorg-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xserver-xorg-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Source: xorg-server
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1407
Depends: libpixman-1-dev (>= 0.27.2), x11proto-core-dev (>= 7.0.28), x11proto-input-dev (>= 2.3), x11proto-xext-dev (>= 7.2.99.901), x11proto-video-dev, x11proto-randr-dev (>= 1.5.0), x11proto-render-dev (>= 2:0.11), x11proto-dri2-dev (>= 2.8), x11proto-gl-dev (>= 1.4.17), x11proto-fonts-dev (>= 2.1.3), x11proto-xinerama-dev, x11proto-kb-dev, x11proto-xf86dri-dev, x11proto-resource-dev (>= 1.2.0), x11proto-scrnsaver-dev, x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev (>= 1.2.0), x11proto-dri3-dev, x11proto-present-dev, libxfont1-dev, libxkbfile-dev, libpciaccess-dev, mesa-common-dev, libmirclient-dev, mir-client-platform-mesa-dev
Filename: pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-dev_1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12_amd64.deb
Size: 198208
MD5sum: fab77504341061858087205a73bf1062
SHA1: c9d908ea06e044ebdcdb4bf51d26490d7808b2ae
SHA256: a180d323cc90c99e556cdcfb38bcdb821a97a8aca0e7e58794b3b1b3f10a7494
SHA512: 51cbaaa90c03d295cf81c5b4bd76dcbfa8d8682ccc39645624f10aa473651b2f722394f1de5d4f157eaeebf06826531b5871aa88145ca5fc352d4a6fbc2bd336
Homepage: http://www.x.org/
Description-en: Xorg X server - development files
This package provides development files for the X.Org ('Xorg') X server.
This is not quite the same as the DDK (Driver Development Kit) from the
XFree86 4.x and X.Org 6.7, 6.8 and 6.9 series of servers; it provides
headers and a pkg-config file for drivers using autotools to build
against.
.
Unless you are developing or building a driver, you probably want
xserver-xorg and/or xserver-xorg-core instead.
.
More information about X.Org can be found at:

.
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
Description-md5: 241552d78aca8911808aea0707649843
Supported: 5y

Package: xserver-xorg-dev
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 1405
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: xorg-server
Version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
Depends: libpixman-1-dev (>= 0.27.2), x11proto-core-dev (>= 7.0.28), x11proto-input-dev (>= 2.3), x11proto-xext-dev (>= 7.2.99.901), x11proto-video-dev, x11proto-randr-dev (>= 1.5.0), x11proto-render-dev (>= 2:0.11), x11proto-dri2-dev (>= 2.8), x11proto-gl-dev (>= 1.4.17), x11proto-fonts-dev (>= 2.1.3), x11proto-xinerama-dev, x11proto-kb-dev, x11proto-xf86dri-dev, x11proto-resource-dev (>= 1.2.0), x11proto-scrnsaver-dev, x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev (>= 1.2.0), x11proto-dri3-dev, x11proto-present-dev, libxfont-dev, libxkbfile-dev, libpciaccess-dev, mesa-common-dev, libmirclient-dev, mir-client-platform-mesa-dev
Filename: pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-dev_1.18.3-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 197206
MD5sum: 371e2b660a8110f4d0ac7cf8587e3ba5
SHA1: 6dcfa4ded8dc0a3888ec26effc923b0b4bd78383
SHA256: 3f33ca5496be100f603f33ef0cfec4f4514651ceb76900a9767c83e39e32e53a
Description-en: Xorg X server - development files
This package provides development files for the X.Org ('Xorg') X server.
This is not quite the same as the DDK (Driver Development Kit) from the
XFree86 4.x and X.Org 6.7, 6.8 and 6.9 series of servers; it provides
headers and a pkg-config file for drivers using autotools to build
against.
.
Unless you are developing or building a driver, you probably want
xserver-xorg and/or xserver-xorg-core instead.
.
More information about X.Org can be found at:

.
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
Description-md5: 241552d78aca8911808aea0707649843
Homepage: http://www.x.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m