How To Install glee-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glee-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is glee-dev
glee-dev is:
GLee (GL Easy Extension library) is a free cross-platform extension loading library for OpenGL. It provides seamless support for OpenGL functions up to version 3.0 and 398 extensions.
Features:
- Core functions up to OpenGL 3.0
- 398 extensions
- Lazy loading for extension functions, so no initialisation code is required
- Forced extension loading, though the GLeeForceLink function.
This package contains the development libraries and headers.
There are three methods to install glee-dev 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 glee-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glee-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glee-dev
Install glee-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glee-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glee-dev
Install glee-dev 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 glee-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glee-dev
How To Uninstall glee-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the glee-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glee-dev
Uninstall glee-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glee-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glee-dev
Remove glee-dev Configurations and Data
To remove glee-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glee-dev
Remove glee-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glee-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glee-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glee-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
