How To Install libqglviewer2-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqglviewer2-qt4
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libqglviewer2-qt4
libqglviewer2-qt4 is:
libqglviewer (also known as libQGLViewer) is a free C++ library based on Qt that enables the quick creation of OpenGL 3D viewers. It features a powerful camera trackball and simple applications simply require an implementation of the draw() function. It is a tool of choice for OpenGL beginners and assignements. It provides screenshot saving, mouse manipulated frames, stereo display, interpolated keyFrames, object selection, and much more. It is fully customizable and easy to extend to create complex applications, with a possible Qt GUI.
This package contains the shared library needed to run programs using QGLViewer. This package contains QGLViewer linked with Qt version 4.
There are three methods to install libqglviewer2-qt4
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libqglviewer2-qt4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqglviewer2-qt4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqglviewer2-qt4
Install libqglviewer2-qt4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqglviewer2-qt4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqglviewer2-qt4
Install libqglviewer2-qt4 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 libqglviewer2-qt4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqglviewer2-qt4
How To Uninstall libqglviewer2-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libqglviewer2-qt4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqglviewer2-qt4
Uninstall libqglviewer2-qt4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqglviewer2-qt4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqglviewer2-qt4
Remove libqglviewer2-qt4 Configurations and Data
To remove libqglviewer2-qt4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqglviewer2-qt4
Remove libqglviewer2-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqglviewer2-qt4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqglviewer2-qt4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqglviewer2-qt4
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.