How To Install libcogl-gst20 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcogl-gst20 on Debian 9.
What is libcogl-gst20
libcogl-gst20 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 GStreamer integration library, which provides a video sink to paint with cogl.
There are three methods to install libcogl-gst20 on Debian 9. 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-gst20 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-gst20 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcogl-gst20
Install libcogl-gst20 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcogl-gst20 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcogl-gst20
Install libcogl-gst20 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcogl-gst20 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcogl-gst20
How To Uninstall libcogl-gst20 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcogl-gst20 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcogl-gst20
Uninstall libcogl-gst20 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcogl-gst20 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcogl-gst20
Remove libcogl-gst20 Configurations and Data
To remove libcogl-gst20 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcogl-gst20
Remove libcogl-gst20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcogl-gst20 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcogl-gst20
Dependencies
libcogl-gst20 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcogl20
- libdrm2
- libegl1-mesa
- libgbm1
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-egl1-mesa
- libwayland-server0
- libx11-6
- libxcomposite1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcogl-gst20 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
