How To Install libsimgear-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimgear-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsimgear-dev
libsimgear-dev is:
SimGear is a collection of libraries useful for constructing simulation and visualization applications such as FlightGear or TerraGear.
This package contains the headers and static libraries.
There are three methods to install libsimgear-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 libsimgear-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 libsimgear-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsimgear-dev
Install libsimgear-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsimgear-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsimgear-dev
Install libsimgear-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 libsimgear-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsimgear-dev
How To Uninstall libsimgear-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsimgear-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsimgear-dev
Uninstall libsimgear-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsimgear-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsimgear-dev
Remove libsimgear-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsimgear-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsimgear-dev
Remove libsimgear-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsimgear-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsimgear-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimgear-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.