How To Install libglew-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglew-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libglew-dbg
libglew-dbg is:
The OpenGL Extension Wrangler, GLEW for short, is a library that handles initialization of OpenGL extensions in a portable and simple way. Once the program initializes the library and checks the availability of extensions, it can safely call the entry points defined by the extension. Currently GLEW supports almost all the extensions found in the OpenGL extension registry (http://www.opengl.org/registry).
This package contains the debugging symbols for libglew.
There are three methods to install libglew-dbg 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 libglew-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 libglew-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libglew-dbg
Install libglew-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libglew-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libglew-dbg
Install libglew-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libglew-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libglew-dbg
How To Uninstall libglew-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libglew-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libglew-dbg
Uninstall libglew-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libglew-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglew-dbg
Remove libglew-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libglew-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libglew-dbg
Remove libglew-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libglew-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglew-dbg
Dependencies
libglew-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglew-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
