How To Install libglut-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglut-dev on Debian 12.
What is libglut-dev
libglut-dev is:
GLUT is a window system independent toolkit for writing OpenGL programs. It implements a simple windowing API, which makes learning about and exploring OpenGL programming very easy.
GLUT is designed for constructing small to medium sized OpenGL programs, however it is not a full-featured toolkit, so large applications requiring sophisticated user interfaces are better off using native window system toolkits like GTK+ or Motif.
This package contains libraries, and headers suitable for software development with GLUT.
There are three methods to install libglut-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libglut-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 libglut-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libglut-dev
Install libglut-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libglut-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libglut-dev
Install libglut-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 libglut-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libglut-dev
How To Uninstall libglut-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libglut-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libglut-dev
Uninstall libglut-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libglut-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglut-dev
Remove libglut-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libglut-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libglut-dev
Remove libglut-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libglut-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglut-dev
Dependencies
libglut-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglut-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.