How To Install libtogl1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtogl1 on Debian 9. libtogl1 is a Tk OpenGL widget

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtogl1 on Debian 9.

What is libtogl1

libtogl1 is:

Togl is a Tk widget for OpenGL rendering. Togl was originally based on OGLTK, written by Benjamin Bederson at the University of New Mexico. Togl’s main features are:

  • unifies Microsoft Windows, X11 (Linux/IRIX/…), and Mac OS X Aqua support
  • support for requesting stencil, accumulation, alpha buffers, etc.
  • multiple OpenGL drawing windows
  • simple stereo rendering support
  • simple, portable font support
  • color-index mode support including color allocation functions
  • overlay plane support
  • OpenGL extension testing from Tcl
  • Tcl Extension Architecture (TEA) 3 compliant

There are three methods to install libtogl1 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 libtogl1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtogl1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtogl1

Install libtogl1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtogl1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtogl1

Install libtogl1 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 libtogl1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtogl1

How To Uninstall libtogl1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libtogl1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtogl1

Uninstall libtogl1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtogl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtogl1

Remove libtogl1 Configurations and Data

To remove libtogl1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtogl1

Remove libtogl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtogl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtogl1

Dependencies

libtogl1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtogl1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.