How To Install libclippoly-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclippoly-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libclippoly-dev
libclippoly-dev is:
Robust routines for clipping polygons against each other: finding unions and intersections and differences of polygonal regions. Development library.
There are three methods to install libclippoly-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 libclippoly-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 libclippoly-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclippoly-dev
Install libclippoly-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclippoly-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclippoly-dev
Install libclippoly-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 libclippoly-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclippoly-dev
How To Uninstall libclippoly-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libclippoly-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclippoly-dev
Uninstall libclippoly-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclippoly-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclippoly-dev
Remove libclippoly-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libclippoly-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclippoly-dev
Remove libclippoly-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclippoly-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclippoly-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclippoly-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
