How To Install libopenlayer2v5 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlayer2v5 on Ubuntu 20.04. libopenlayer2v5 is hardware accelerated 2D Graphics library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlayer2v5 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libopenlayer2v5

libopenlayer2v5 is:

OpenLayer is a hardware accelerated 2D Graphics library. It specifies a new api to be used alongside of Allegro and takes control of how the contents of the screen are rendered and uses OpenGL functions through AllegroGL to allow hardware acceleration.

There are three methods to install libopenlayer2v5 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 libopenlayer2v5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenlayer2v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenlayer2v5

Install libopenlayer2v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenlayer2v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenlayer2v5

Install libopenlayer2v5 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 libopenlayer2v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenlayer2v5

How To Uninstall libopenlayer2v5 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libopenlayer2v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenlayer2v5

Uninstall libopenlayer2v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenlayer2v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenlayer2v5

Remove libopenlayer2v5 Configurations and Data

To remove libopenlayer2v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenlayer2v5

Remove libopenlayer2v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenlayer2v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenlayer2v5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlayer2v5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.