How To Install gem-plugin-glfw3 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-glfw3 on Ubuntu.
What is gem-plugin-glfw3
gem-plugin-glfw3 is:
Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.
This package provides windowing using GLFW3.
There are three methods to install gem-plugin-glfw3 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gem-plugin-glfw3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-glfw3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-glfw3
Install gem-plugin-glfw3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-glfw3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-glfw3
Install gem-plugin-glfw3 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-glfw3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-glfw3
How To Uninstall gem-plugin-glfw3 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gem-plugin-glfw3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-glfw3
Uninstall gem-plugin-glfw3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gem-plugin-glfw3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-glfw3
Remove gem-plugin-glfw3 Configurations and Data
To remove gem-plugin-glfw3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-glfw3
Remove gem-plugin-glfw3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-glfw3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-glfw3
Dependencies
gem-plugin-glfw3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-glfw3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.