How To Install liballegro5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liballegro5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liballegro5-dev
liballegro5-dev is:
This package is needed to build programs using the Allegro 5 library. Contains header files.
Allegro is a cross-platform library intended for use in computer games and other types of multimedia programming. Allegro 5 is the latest major revision of the library, designed to take advantage of modern hardware (e.g. hardware acceleration using 3D cards) and operating systems. Although it is not backwards compatible with earlier versions, it still occupies the same niche and retains a familiar style.
There are three methods to install liballegro5-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 liballegro5-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 liballegro5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liballegro5-dev
Install liballegro5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liballegro5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liballegro5-dev
Install liballegro5-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 liballegro5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liballegro5-dev
How To Uninstall liballegro5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liballegro5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liballegro5-dev
Uninstall liballegro5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liballegro5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liballegro5-dev
Remove liballegro5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liballegro5-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liballegro5-dev
Remove liballegro5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liballegro5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liballegro5-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liballegro5-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
