How To Install libplib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libplib-dev
libplib-dev is:
Provides a Joystick interface, a simple GUI built on top of OpenGL, some standard geometry functions, a sound library and a simple scene graph API built on top of OpenGL.
This package provides the static libraries, the header files and the development links to the shared libraries. You need this package if you want to compile software which needs plib.
There are three methods to install libplib-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 libplib-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 libplib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplib-dev
Install libplib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplib-dev
Install libplib-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 libplib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplib-dev
How To Uninstall libplib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libplib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplib-dev
Uninstall libplib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplib-dev
Remove libplib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplib-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplib-dev
Remove libplib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplib-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplib-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
