How To Install libtogl2 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 libtogl2 on Ubuntu.
What is libtogl2
libtogl2 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
There are three methods to install libtogl2 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 libtogl2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtogl2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtogl2
Install libtogl2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtogl2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtogl2
Install libtogl2 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 libtogl2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtogl2
How To Uninstall libtogl2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libtogl2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtogl2
Uninstall libtogl2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtogl2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtogl2
Remove libtogl2 Configurations and Data
To remove libtogl2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtogl2
Remove libtogl2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtogl2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtogl2
Dependencies
libtogl2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtogl2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.