How To Install libcogl-common on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcogl-common
on Debian 11.
What is libcogl-common
libcogl-common is:
Cogl is a small open source library for using 3D graphics hardware to draw pretty pictures. The API departs from the flat state machine style of OpenGL and is designed to make it easy to write orthogonal components that can render without stepping on each others toes.
This package contains the common files, such as translations.
There are three methods to install libcogl-common
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcogl-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcogl-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcogl-common
Install libcogl-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcogl-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcogl-common
Install libcogl-common 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcogl-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcogl-common
How To Uninstall libcogl-common on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcogl-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcogl-common
Uninstall libcogl-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcogl-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcogl-common
Remove libcogl-common Configurations and Data
To remove libcogl-common
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcogl-common
Remove libcogl-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcogl-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcogl-common
Dependencies
libcogl-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcogl-common
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.