How To Install libglbinding-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglbinding-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libglbinding-dev
libglbinding-dev is:
glbinding leverages modern C++11 features like enum classes, lambdas, and variadic templates, instead of relying on macros; all OpenGL symbols are real functions and variables.
It provides type-safe parameters, per feature API header, lazy function resolution, multi-context and multi-thread support, global and local function callbacks, meta information about the generated OpenGL binding and the OpenGL runtime, as well as tools and examples for quick-starting your projects.
This package provides the development files.
There are three methods to install libglbinding-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 libglbinding-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 libglbinding-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libglbinding-dev
Install libglbinding-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libglbinding-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libglbinding-dev
Install libglbinding-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 libglbinding-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libglbinding-dev
How To Uninstall libglbinding-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libglbinding-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libglbinding-dev
Uninstall libglbinding-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libglbinding-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglbinding-dev
Remove libglbinding-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libglbinding-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libglbinding-dev
Remove libglbinding-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libglbinding-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglbinding-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglbinding-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.