What is "X Software Development" equivalent on ubuntu?

Solution 1:

You are trying to bring knowledge about Yum's functionality to Debian (really Ubuntu).

On Ubuntu you have to install xorg-dev and/or xserver-xorg-dev packages to get "X.Org X Window System development libraries" and/or "Xorg X server - development files" installed by using below commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xorg-dev xserver-xorg-dev

Then you can try to compile needed application from source. But at first make sure that it is not available in binary package form. Use search on https://packages.ubuntu.com and then install needed package(s) by apt/apt-get.

If you need different X11-related thing - visit special x11 packages section at https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/x11/ to find relevant package name.

Good resources to read:

• https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/package-management
• man apt locally or online
• man apt-get locally or online
• man aptitude locally or online