How To Install libcogl-gles2-20 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcogl-gles2-20
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcogl-gles2-20
libcogl-gles2-20 is:
Cogl is a small open source library for using 3D graphics hardware to draw pretty pictures. The API departs from the flat state machine style of OpenGL and is designed to make it easy to write orthogonal components that can render without stepping on each others toes.
This package contains the GLES2 library.
There are three methods to install libcogl-gles2-20
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 libcogl-gles2-20 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcogl-gles2-20
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcogl-gles2-20
Install libcogl-gles2-20 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcogl-gles2-20
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcogl-gles2-20
Install libcogl-gles2-20 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 libcogl-gles2-20
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcogl-gles2-20
How To Uninstall libcogl-gles2-20 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcogl-gles2-20
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcogl-gles2-20
Uninstall libcogl-gles2-20 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcogl-gles2-20
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcogl-gles2-20
Remove libcogl-gles2-20 Configurations and Data
To remove libcogl-gles2-20
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcogl-gles2-20
Remove libcogl-gles2-20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcogl-gles2-20
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcogl-gles2-20
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcogl-gles2-20
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.