How To Install libglut3.12 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglut3.12 on Debian 12.
What is libglut3.12
libglut3.12 is:
GLUT is a window system independent toolkit for writing OpenGL programs, implementing a simple windowing API, which makes learning about and exploring OpenGL programming very easy.
GLUT is designed for constructing small to medium sized OpenGL programs, however it is not a full-featured toolkit, so large applications requiring sophisticated user interfaces are better off using native window system toolkits like GTK+ or Motif.
There are three methods to install libglut3.12 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libglut3.12 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libglut3.12 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libglut3.12
Install libglut3.12 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libglut3.12 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libglut3.12
Install libglut3.12 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 libglut3.12 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libglut3.12
How To Uninstall libglut3.12 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libglut3.12 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libglut3.12
Uninstall libglut3.12 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libglut3.12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglut3.12
Remove libglut3.12 Configurations and Data
To remove libglut3.12 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libglut3.12
Remove libglut3.12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libglut3.12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglut3.12
Dependencies
libglut3.12 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglut3.12 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
