How To Install alleggl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install alleggl on CentOS 7. alleggl is OpenGL support library for Allegro

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alleggl on CentOS 7.

What is alleggl

AllegroGL is an Allegro add-on that allows you to use OpenGL alongside Allegro. You use OpenGL for your rendering to the screen, and Allegro for miscellaneous tasks like gathering input, doing timers, getting cross-platform portability, loading data, and drawing your textures. So this library fills the same hole that things like glut do.

We can use yum or dnf to install alleggl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alleggl.

Install alleggl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install alleggl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alleggl

Install alleggl on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install alleggl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alleggl

How To Uninstall alleggl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove alleggl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alleggl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.