How To Install mgltools-opengltk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgltools-opengltk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mgltools-opengltk
mgltools-opengltk is:
The library is needed by mgltools-autodocktools at runtime. It contains the interface for building OpenGL Python extensions with the Python build system Distutils. Distutils uses SWIG for generating C wrapper code.
There are three methods to install mgltools-opengltk 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 mgltools-opengltk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mgltools-opengltk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgltools-opengltk
Install mgltools-opengltk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgltools-opengltk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgltools-opengltk
Install mgltools-opengltk 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 mgltools-opengltk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgltools-opengltk
How To Uninstall mgltools-opengltk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mgltools-opengltk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgltools-opengltk
Uninstall mgltools-opengltk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgltools-opengltk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgltools-opengltk
Remove mgltools-opengltk Configurations and Data
To remove mgltools-opengltk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgltools-opengltk
Remove mgltools-opengltk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgltools-opengltk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgltools-opengltk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgltools-opengltk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
