How To Install libepoxy0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libepoxy0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libepoxy0
libepoxy0 is:
It hides the complexity of dlopen(), dlsym(), glXGetProcAddress(), eglGetProcAddress(), etc. from the app developer, with very little knowledge needed on their part. They get to read GL specs and write code using undecorated function names like glCompileShader().
There are three methods to install libepoxy0 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 libepoxy0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libepoxy0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libepoxy0
Install libepoxy0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libepoxy0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libepoxy0
Install libepoxy0 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 libepoxy0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libepoxy0
How To Uninstall libepoxy0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libepoxy0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libepoxy0
Uninstall libepoxy0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libepoxy0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libepoxy0
Remove libepoxy0 Configurations and Data
To remove libepoxy0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libepoxy0
Remove libepoxy0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libepoxy0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libepoxy0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libepoxy0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
