How To Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg is Crazy Eddies GUI (debugging libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg

libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg is:

CEGUI is a free library providing windowing and widgets for graphics APIs and engines where such functionality is not natively available or is severely lacking. The library is written in C++, is object oriented, and is primarily targeted at games developers who should be spending their time creating great games, not building GUI sub-systems

This version of CEGUI natively supports the OpenGL rendering target and provides debugging libraries for it.

There are three methods to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg

Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg

Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg 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 libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg

How To Uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg

Uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg

Remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg

Remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.