How To Install libjogl2-jni on Debian 12

Learn how to install libjogl2-jni on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libjogl2-jni is Java bindings for OpenGL API (JNI lib)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjogl2-jni on Debian 12.

What is libjogl2-jni

libjogl2-jni is:

The JOGL project hosts the development version of the Java Bindings for OpenGL (JSR-231), and is designed to provide hardware-supported 3D graphics to applications written in Java. JOGL is not the official reference implementation of the JSR, but an evolving workspace; snapshots are taken from this workspace which become the official reference implementations of the JSR. JOGL is part of a suite of open-source technologies initiated by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems.

JOGL provides full access to the APIs in the OpenGL 2.0 specification as well as nearly all vendor extensions, and integrates with the AWT and Swing widget sets.

There are three methods to install libjogl2-jni 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 libjogl2-jni Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjogl2-jni using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjogl2-jni

Install libjogl2-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjogl2-jni using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjogl2-jni

Install libjogl2-jni 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 libjogl2-jni using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjogl2-jni

How To Uninstall libjogl2-jni on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libjogl2-jni package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjogl2-jni

Uninstall libjogl2-jni And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjogl2-jni and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjogl2-jni

Remove libjogl2-jni Configurations and Data

To remove libjogl2-jni configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjogl2-jni

Remove libjogl2-jni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjogl2-jni configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjogl2-jni

Dependencies

libjogl2-jni have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjogl2-jni package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.