How To Install libsdl2-image-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdl2-image-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsdl2-image-dev
libsdl2-image-dev is:
This is a simple library to load images of various formats as SDL surfaces. It supports the following formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, LBM, PCX, PNG, PNM, TGA, TIFF, WEBP, XCF, XPM, XV.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libsdl2-image-dev
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 libsdl2-image-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 libsdl2-image-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsdl2-image-dev
Install libsdl2-image-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsdl2-image-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsdl2-image-dev
Install libsdl2-image-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 libsdl2-image-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsdl2-image-dev
How To Uninstall libsdl2-image-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsdl2-image-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsdl2-image-dev
Uninstall libsdl2-image-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsdl2-image-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsdl2-image-dev
Remove libsdl2-image-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsdl2-image-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsdl2-image-dev
Remove libsdl2-image-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsdl2-image-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsdl2-image-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdl2-image-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.