How To Install libglbinding2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglbinding2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libglbinding2
libglbinding2 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 shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libglbinding2 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 libglbinding2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libglbinding2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libglbinding2
Install libglbinding2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libglbinding2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libglbinding2
Install libglbinding2 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 libglbinding2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libglbinding2
How To Uninstall libglbinding2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libglbinding2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libglbinding2
Uninstall libglbinding2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libglbinding2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglbinding2
Remove libglbinding2 Configurations and Data
To remove libglbinding2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libglbinding2
Remove libglbinding2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libglbinding2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglbinding2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglbinding2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
