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Roy
Asked: 2018-11-16 05:27:19 +0800 CST

what is dependencies, build, installing about apt ? (intalling xrandr-invert-colors)

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I want to install xrandr-invert-colors on my ubuntu 18.04 to invert display of laptop and monitor both. but have no idea what is dependencies, build and how to install it. Yeah~ I am ubuntu newbie and have typed only sudo apt-get install 000 ). Installing this package is the hardest job ever, for me~

description on the github as follow:

Dependencies

XrandR development files (apt-get install libxcb-randr0-dev)

Type sudo make deps-apt on Debian / Ubuntu

Building

From a terminal, type make Installing

Execute sudo make install after build to put the binary in the following location: /usr/local/bin/xrandr-invert-colors

Actuall, I have already typed sudo apt-get install libxcb-randr0-dev but the next code sudo make deps-apt didn't work.

make: *** No rule to make target 'deps-apt'. Stop.

18.04 xcalib

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I think you are referring https://github.com/zoltanp/xrandr-invert-colors So the actual steps are:

    1. clone codes and enter root of code; 
      $ git clone https://github.com/zoltanp/xrandr-invert-colors.git
$ cd xrandr-invert-colors
    2. install dependencies, actually it is doing "sudo apt-get install libxcb-randr0-dev"; 
      $ sudo make deps-apt
    3. build the binary; 
      $ make
    4. install the binary; 
      $ sudo make install
    5. Now you can use "xrandr-invert-colors" which is installed as "/usr/local/bin/xrandr-invert-colors", as you can see on github page.
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  2. xcalib is in the repository for 18.04 and will complete this task for you.

    meaning that all you need to do is type

    sudo apt-get install xcalib

    You will be prompted to enter your password. Then you will see the following output:

    enter image description here

    After processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...

    You should be able to simply type xcalib, which will show both how to use the package, and that the package has installed successfully.

    There is a guide on Xcalib for Ubuntu here that might help you.

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