How To Install gem-plugin-glut on Debian 12

Learn how to install gem-plugin-glut on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gem-plugin-glut is Graphics Environment for Multimedia - GLUT support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-glut on Debian 12.

What is gem-plugin-glut

gem-plugin-glut is:

Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.

This package provides windowing using GLUT.

There are three methods to install gem-plugin-glut on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gem-plugin-glut Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-glut

Install gem-plugin-glut Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-glut using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-glut

Install gem-plugin-glut 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 gem-plugin-glut using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-glut

How To Uninstall gem-plugin-glut on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gem-plugin-glut package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-glut

Uninstall gem-plugin-glut And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gem-plugin-glut and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-glut

Remove gem-plugin-glut Configurations and Data

To remove gem-plugin-glut configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-glut

Remove gem-plugin-glut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-glut configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-glut

Dependencies

gem-plugin-glut have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-glut package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.