How To Install libformsgl2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libformsgl2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libformsgl2
Remove libformsgl2 Configurations and Data
To remove libformsgl2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libformsgl2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
