How To Install libgxr-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgxr-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgxr-dev
libgxr-dev is:
Development files for the libgxr library.
This package contains the header and development files which are needed for building OpenVR/GLib applications.
There are three methods to install libgxr-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgxr-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 libgxr-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgxr-dev
Install libgxr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgxr-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgxr-dev
Install libgxr-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 libgxr-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgxr-dev
How To Uninstall libgxr-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgxr-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgxr-dev
Uninstall libgxr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgxr-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgxr-dev
Remove libgxr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgxr-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgxr-dev
Remove libgxr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgxr-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgxr-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgxr-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.