How To Install libnvtt-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvtt-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnvtt-dev
libnvtt-dev is:
NVIDIA Texture Tools is a collection of image processing and texture manipulation tools, designed to be integrated in game tools and asset conditioning pipelines. The primary features of the library are mipmap and normal map generation, format conversion and DXT compression.
This package contains the header and development files needed to build programs and packages using libnvtt.
There are three methods to install libnvtt-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 libnvtt-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 libnvtt-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvtt-dev
Install libnvtt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvtt-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvtt-dev
Install libnvtt-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 libnvtt-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvtt-dev
How To Uninstall libnvtt-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnvtt-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvtt-dev
Uninstall libnvtt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvtt-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvtt-dev
Remove libnvtt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnvtt-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvtt-dev
Remove libnvtt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvtt-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvtt-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvtt-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.