How To Install freeglut on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeglut on AlmaLinux 8.
What is freeglut
freeglut is a completely open source alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library with an OSI approved free software license. GLUT was originally written by Mark Kilgard to support the sample programs in the second edition OpenGL ‘RedBook’. Since then, GLUT has been used in a wide variety of practical applications because it is simple, universally available and highly portable. freeglut allows the user to create and manage windows containing OpenGL contexts on a wide range of platforms and also read the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions.
We can use yum or dnf to install freeglut on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeglut.
Install freeglut on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install freeglut using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install freeglut
Install freeglut on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install freeglut using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install freeglut
How To Uninstall freeglut on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the freeglut package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove freeglut
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeglut on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.