How To Install libephysics1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libephysics1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libephysics1 is EFL physics functionality for Evas and Edje

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libephysics1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libephysics1

libephysics1 is:

EPhysics is a library that makes it easy to use Ecore, Evas and Bullet Physics together. It’s a kind of wrapper, a glue, between these libraries. It’s not intended to be a physics library (we already have many out there).

This is part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).

There are three methods to install libephysics1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libephysics1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libephysics1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libephysics1

Install libephysics1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libephysics1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libephysics1

Install libephysics1 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 libephysics1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libephysics1

How To Uninstall libephysics1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libephysics1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libephysics1

Uninstall libephysics1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libephysics1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libephysics1

Remove libephysics1 Configurations and Data

To remove libephysics1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libephysics1

Remove libephysics1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libephysics1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libephysics1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libephysics1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.