How To Install libtogl-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtogl-dev on Kali Linux. libtogl-dev is Tk OpenGL widget - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtogl-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libtogl-dev

libtogl-dev is:

Togl is a Tk widget for OpenGL rendering. Togl was originally based on OGLTK, written by Benjamin Bederson at the University of New Mexico. Togl’s main features are:

  • unifies Microsoft Windows, X11 (Linux/IRIX/…), and Mac OS X Aqua support
  • support for requesting stencil, accumulation, alpha buffers, etc.
  • multiple OpenGL drawing windows
  • simple stereo rendering support
  • simple, portable font support
  • color-index mode support including color allocation functions
  • overlay plane support
  • OpenGL extension testing from Tcl
  • Tcl Extension Architecture (TEA) 3 compliant

This package contains development files for using optimized shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libtogl-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtogl-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 libtogl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtogl-dev

Install libtogl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtogl-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtogl-dev

Install libtogl-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libtogl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtogl-dev

How To Uninstall libtogl-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtogl-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtogl-dev

Uninstall libtogl-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtogl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtogl-dev

Remove libtogl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libtogl-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtogl-dev

Remove libtogl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtogl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtogl-dev

Dependencies

libtogl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtogl-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.