installing libX11.a, libX11.so and Xlib.h

I installed libx11-dev with following command;

sudo apt-get install libx11-dev

I need libX11.a, libX11.so and Xlib.h files. When I searched these files I couldn't locate them. I need to install libX11.a into /usr/lib/X11, libX11.so into /usr/lib/X11 and Xlib.h into /usr/include/X11.

How can I install these files?

1 Answer

Use apt-file search [filename] to determine the package that provides these files, as well as their location.

libX11.a:

libx11-dev: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.a

libX11.so:

libx11-dev: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so

Xlib.h:

libx11-dev: /usr/include/X11/Xlib.h

So yes, you ought to have them already.