How To Install libsquish-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquish-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsquish-dev
libsquish-dev is:
libsquish is a lossy software DXT texture compression library. It implements the 3 useful DXT flavours (1,3,5) and has SIMD support for x86 (SSE) and powerpc (Altivec). It can be used (as a much slower software fallback) instead of the hardware implementations present on most modern graphics chips.
This package contains the deveopment files (headers, API docs)
There are three methods to install libsquish-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 libsquish-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 libsquish-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsquish-dev
Install libsquish-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsquish-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsquish-dev
Install libsquish-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 libsquish-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsquish-dev
How To Uninstall libsquish-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsquish-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsquish-dev
Uninstall libsquish-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsquish-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsquish-dev
Remove libsquish-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsquish-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsquish-dev
Remove libsquish-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsquish-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsquish-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquish-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
