How To Install libopenxr-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenxr-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libopenxr-dev
libopenxr-dev is:
OpenXR is an API specification for writing portable, cross-platform virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software.
This package includes header files needed for development.
There are three methods to install libopenxr-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenxr-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 libopenxr-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenxr-dev
Install libopenxr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenxr-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenxr-dev
Install libopenxr-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenxr-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenxr-dev
How To Uninstall libopenxr-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libopenxr-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenxr-dev
Uninstall libopenxr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenxr-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenxr-dev
Remove libopenxr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenxr-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenxr-dev
Remove libopenxr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenxr-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenxr-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenxr-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.