How To Install libglewmx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglewmx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 (https://www.opengl.org/registry).
This package contains the development libraries compiled with GLEW_MX.
There are three methods to install libglewmx-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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglewmx-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
