How To Install libnvtt2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvtt2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnvtt2
libnvtt2 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.
There are three methods to install libnvtt2 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnvtt2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvtt2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvtt2
Install libnvtt2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvtt2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvtt2
Install libnvtt2 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 libnvtt2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvtt2
How To Uninstall libnvtt2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnvtt2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvtt2
Uninstall libnvtt2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvtt2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvtt2
Remove libnvtt2 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvtt2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvtt2
Remove libnvtt2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvtt2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvtt2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvtt2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
