How To Install libqglviewer-headers on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqglviewer-headers
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libqglviewer-headers
libqglviewer-headers 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 headers.
There are three methods to install libqglviewer-headers
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-headers 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-headers
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqglviewer-headers
Install libqglviewer-headers Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqglviewer-headers
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqglviewer-headers
Install libqglviewer-headers 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-headers
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqglviewer-headers
How To Uninstall libqglviewer-headers on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libqglviewer-headers
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqglviewer-headers
Uninstall libqglviewer-headers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqglviewer-headers
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqglviewer-headers
Remove libqglviewer-headers Configurations and Data
To remove libqglviewer-headers
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqglviewer-headers
Remove libqglviewer-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqglviewer-headers
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqglviewer-headers
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqglviewer-headers
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.