How To Install libglew-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglew-dev on Debian 9. libglew-dev is OpenGL Extension Wrangler - development environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglew-dev on Debian 9.

What is libglew-dev

libglew-dev 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 development documentation as well as the required header files.

There are three methods to install libglew-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libglew-dev

Install libglew-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libglew-dev

Install libglew-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libglew-dev

How To Uninstall libglew-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libglew-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libglew-dev

Uninstall libglew-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libglew-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglew-dev

Remove libglew-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libglew-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libglew-dev

Remove libglew-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglew-dev

Dependencies

libglew-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglew-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.