How To Install libopenxr-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenxr-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libopenxr-utils
libopenxr-utils is:
OpenXR is an API specification for writing portable, cross-platform virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software.
This package includes two utility binaries from the OpenXR-SDK-Source repository:
- openxr_runtime_list - Provides information on the active OpenXR runtime.
- hello_xr - A sample OpenXR application that works with multiple graphics APIs.
There are three methods to install libopenxr-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenxr-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenxr-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenxr-utils
Install libopenxr-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenxr-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenxr-utils
Install libopenxr-utils 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 libopenxr-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenxr-utils
How To Uninstall libopenxr-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libopenxr-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenxr-utils
Uninstall libopenxr-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenxr-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenxr-utils
Remove libopenxr-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libopenxr-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenxr-utils
Remove libopenxr-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenxr-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenxr-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenxr-utils
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.