How To Install libsilly-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsilly-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsilly-dev
libsilly-dev is:
The aim of Simple Image Loading LibrarY is to provide a simple library for loading image in the context of CEGUI.
The library supports only the most common image format. The project was initialy launch in order to provide an MIT based replacement of DevIL with less image format supported and focused on loading image only.
There are three methods to install libsilly-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 libsilly-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 libsilly-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsilly-dev
Install libsilly-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsilly-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsilly-dev
Install libsilly-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 libsilly-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsilly-dev
How To Uninstall libsilly-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsilly-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsilly-dev
Uninstall libsilly-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsilly-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsilly-dev
Remove libsilly-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsilly-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsilly-dev
Remove libsilly-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsilly-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsilly-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsilly-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.