How To Install liblwjgl-java on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwjgl-java on Debian 12.
What is liblwjgl-java
liblwjgl-java is:
The Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL) is a solution aimed directly at professional and amateur Java programmers alike to enable commercial quality games to be written in Java. LWJGL provides developers access to high performance crossplatform libraries such as OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) and OpenAL (Open Audio Library) allowing for state of the art 3D games and 3D sound. Additionally LWJGL provides access to controllers such as Gamepads, Steering wheel and Joysticks. All in a simple and straight forward API.
There are three methods to install liblwjgl-java 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 liblwjgl-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblwjgl-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblwjgl-java
Install liblwjgl-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblwjgl-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblwjgl-java
Install liblwjgl-java 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 liblwjgl-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblwjgl-java
How To Uninstall liblwjgl-java on Debian 12
To uninstall only the liblwjgl-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblwjgl-java
Uninstall liblwjgl-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblwjgl-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblwjgl-java
Remove liblwjgl-java Configurations and Data
To remove liblwjgl-java configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblwjgl-java
Remove liblwjgl-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblwjgl-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblwjgl-java
Dependencies
liblwjgl-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwjgl-java package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
