How To Install libopenlayer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlayer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenlayer-dev
libopenlayer-dev is:
OpenLayer is a hardware accelerated 2D Graphics library. It specifies a new api to be used alongside of Allegro and takes control of how the contents of the screen are rendered and uses OpenGL functions through AllegroGL to allow hardware acceleration.
There are three methods to install libopenlayer-dev 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 libopenlayer-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 libopenlayer-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenlayer-dev
Install libopenlayer-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenlayer-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenlayer-dev
Install libopenlayer-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 libopenlayer-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenlayer-dev
How To Uninstall libopenlayer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenlayer-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenlayer-dev
Uninstall libopenlayer-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenlayer-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenlayer-dev
Remove libopenlayer-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenlayer-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenlayer-dev
Remove libopenlayer-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenlayer-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenlayer-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlayer-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
