How To Install gle-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gle-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gle-doc
gle-doc is:
The GLE Tubing and Extrusion library is an extension to OpenGL for drawing tubing and extrusions, including surfaces of revolution, sweeps, tubes, polycones, polycylinders, and helicoids. Generally the extruded surface is specified with a 2D polyline that is extruded along a 3D path. A local coordinate system allows for additional flexibility in the primitives drawn. Extrusions may be texture mapped in a variety of ways.
This package contains documentation and example code.
There are three methods to install gle-doc 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 gle-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gle-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gle-doc
Install gle-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gle-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gle-doc
Install gle-doc 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 gle-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gle-doc
How To Uninstall gle-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gle-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gle-doc
Uninstall gle-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gle-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gle-doc
Remove gle-doc Configurations and Data
To remove gle-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gle-doc
Remove gle-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gle-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gle-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gle-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
