How To Install libqglviewer-dev-qt5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqglviewer-dev-qt5
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libqglviewer-dev-qt5
libqglviewer-dev-qt5 is:
libqglviewer (also known as libQGLViewer) is a free C++ library based on Qt that enables the quick creation of OpenGL 3D viewers. It features a powerful camera trackball and simple applications simply require an implementation of the draw() function. It is a tool of choice for OpenGL beginners and assignments. It provides screenshot saving, mouse manipulated frames, stereo display, interpolated keyFrames, object selection, and much more. It is fully customizable and easy to extend to create complex applications, with a possible Qt GUI.
This package contains the files needed to develop and compile programs using QGLViewer linked with Qt version 4.
There are three methods to install libqglviewer-dev-qt5
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 libqglviewer-dev-qt5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqglviewer-dev-qt5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqglviewer-dev-qt5
Install libqglviewer-dev-qt5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqglviewer-dev-qt5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqglviewer-dev-qt5
Install libqglviewer-dev-qt5 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 libqglviewer-dev-qt5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqglviewer-dev-qt5
How To Uninstall libqglviewer-dev-qt5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libqglviewer-dev-qt5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqglviewer-dev-qt5
Uninstall libqglviewer-dev-qt5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqglviewer-dev-qt5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqglviewer-dev-qt5
Remove libqglviewer-dev-qt5 Configurations and Data
To remove libqglviewer-dev-qt5
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqglviewer-dev-qt5
Remove libqglviewer-dev-qt5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqglviewer-dev-qt5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqglviewer-dev-qt5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqglviewer-dev-qt5
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.