How To Install libjogl2-toolkits on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjogl2-toolkits on Debian 9.
What is libjogl2-toolkits
libjogl2-toolkits 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 provides full access to the APIs in the OpenGL 1.3 - 3.0, 3.1 - 3.3,
= 4.0, ES 1.x and ES 2.x specification as well as nearly all vendor extensions. It integrates with the AWT and Swing widget sets, as well with custom windowing toolkits using the NativeWindow API. It is part of a suite of open-source technologies initiated by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems.
This package includes JOGL toolkits.
There are three methods to install libjogl2-toolkits 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 libjogl2-toolkits 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-toolkits using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjogl2-toolkits
Install libjogl2-toolkits Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjogl2-toolkits using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjogl2-toolkits
Install libjogl2-toolkits 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-toolkits using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjogl2-toolkits
How To Uninstall libjogl2-toolkits on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libjogl2-toolkits package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjogl2-toolkits
Uninstall libjogl2-toolkits And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjogl2-toolkits and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjogl2-toolkits
Remove libjogl2-toolkits Configurations and Data
To remove libjogl2-toolkits configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjogl2-toolkits
Remove libjogl2-toolkits configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjogl2-toolkits configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjogl2-toolkits
Dependencies
libjogl2-toolkits have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjogl2-toolkits package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.