How To Install libsilly on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsilly on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsilly
libsilly is:
The aim of Simple Image Loading LibrarY is to provide a simple library for loading image in the context of CEGUI.
This package provides the silly’s library headers, and development files.
There are three methods to install libsilly 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsilly
Install libsilly Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsilly using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsilly
Install libsilly 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsilly
How To Uninstall libsilly on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsilly package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsilly
Uninstall libsilly And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsilly and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsilly
Remove libsilly Configurations and Data
To remove libsilly configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsilly
Remove libsilly configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsilly configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsilly
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsilly package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
