How To Install libglewmx-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglewmx-dev on Debian 9. libglewmx-dev is OpenGL Extension Wrangler MX - development environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglewmx-dev on Debian 9.

What is libglewmx-dev

libglewmx-dev is:

The OpenGL Extension Wrangler, GLEW for short, is a library that handles initialization of OpenGL extensions in a portable and simple way. Once the program initializes the library and checks the availability of extensions, it can safely call the entry points defined by the extension. Currently GLEW supports almost all the extensions found in the OpenGL extension registry (http://www.opengl.org/registry).

This package contains the development libraries compiled with GLEW_MX.

There are three methods to install libglewmx-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libglewmx-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 libglewmx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libglewmx-dev

Install libglewmx-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libglewmx-dev

Install libglewmx-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libglewmx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libglewmx-dev

How To Uninstall libglewmx-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libglewmx-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libglewmx-dev

Uninstall libglewmx-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libglewmx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglewmx-dev

Remove libglewmx-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libglewmx-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libglewmx-dev

Remove libglewmx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglewmx-dev

Dependencies

libglewmx-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglewmx-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.