How To Install libformsgl2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libformsgl2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libformsgl2 is The OpenGL XForms graphical interface widget library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libformsgl2 on Debian 12.

What is libformsgl2

libformsgl2 is:

This package contains the OpenGL bindings of the XForms shared library.

XForms is a GUI toolkit based on Xlib for X Window Systems. It features a rich set of objects, such as buttons, scrollbars, and menus etc. integrated into an easy and efficient object/event callback execution model that allows fast and easy construction of X-applications. In addition, the library is extensible and new objects can easily be created and added to the library.

There are three methods to install libformsgl2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libformsgl2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libformsgl2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libformsgl2

Install libformsgl2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libformsgl2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libformsgl2

Install libformsgl2 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 libformsgl2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libformsgl2

How To Uninstall libformsgl2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libformsgl2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libformsgl2

Uninstall libformsgl2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libformsgl2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libformsgl2

Remove libformsgl2 Configurations and Data

To remove libformsgl2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libformsgl2

Remove libformsgl2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libformsgl2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libformsgl2

Dependencies

libformsgl2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libformsgl2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.