How To Install libtuxcap-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libtuxcap-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libtuxcap-dev is framework for developing 2D games - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtuxcap-dev on Debian 10.

What is `libtuxcap-dev`

libtuxcap-dev is:

The TuxCap Games Framework is a GNU/Linux port of the PopCap Games Framework, used for professional 2D game development. It comes with PyCap bindings for Python, a fast 2D physics engine, a particle engine, widgets and many documented examples.

This package contains the library headers and documentation for developers.

There are three methods to install libtuxcap-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtuxcap-dev

Install libtuxcap-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtuxcap-dev

Install libtuxcap-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtuxcap-dev

How To Uninstall libtuxcap-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libtuxcap-dev

Uninstall libtuxcap-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtuxcap-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtuxcap-dev

Remove libtuxcap-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libtuxcap-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtuxcap-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtuxcap-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtuxcap-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.