How to Install libxext-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libxext-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libxext-dev software package provides X11 miscellaneous extensions library (development headers), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libxext-dev 

libxext-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libxext-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libxext-dev *

You will get with libxext-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libxext-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libxext-dev
Version 2:1.3.2-1ubuntu0.0.14.04.1 [am
Description X11 miscellaneous extensions library (development headers)
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libxext-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?