How To Install libtogl-dev 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 libtogl-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libtogl-dev
libtogl-dev is:
Togl is a Tk widget for OpenGL rendering. Togl was originally based on OGLTK, written by Benjamin Bederson at the University of New Mexico. Togl’s main features are:
- unifies Microsoft Windows, X11 (Linux/IRIX/…), and Mac OS X Aqua support
- support for requesting stencil, accumulation, alpha buffers, etc.
- multiple OpenGL drawing windows
- simple stereo rendering support
- simple, portable font support
- color-index mode support including color allocation functions
- overlay plane support
- OpenGL extension testing from Tcl
- Tcl Extension Architecture (TEA) 3 compliant
This package contains development files for using optimized shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libtogl-dev 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 libtogl-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtogl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtogl-dev
Install libtogl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtogl-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtogl-dev
Install libtogl-dev 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 libtogl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtogl-dev
How To Uninstall libtogl-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libtogl-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtogl-dev
Uninstall libtogl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtogl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtogl-dev
Remove libtogl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtogl-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtogl-dev
Remove libtogl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtogl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtogl-dev
Dependencies
libtogl-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtogl-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.