How To Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcegui-mk2-0.8.7
libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 is:
CEGUI is a free library providing windowing and widgets for graphics APIs and engines where such functionality is not natively available or is severely lacking. The library is written in C++, is object oriented, and is primarily targeted at games developers who should be spending their time creating great games, not building GUI sub-systems
This version of CEGUI natively supports the OpenGL rendering target.
There are three methods to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 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 libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7
Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7
Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 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 libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7
How To Uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7
Uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7
Remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 Configurations and Data
To remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcegui-mk2-0.8.7
Remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcegui-mk2-0.8.7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
