How To Install python-opengl on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-opengl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-opengl is Python bindings to OpenGL (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-opengl on Debian 10.

What is python-opengl

python-opengl is:

PyOpenGL is a cross-platform open source Python binding to the standard OpenGL API providing 2D and 3D graphic drawing. PyOpenGL supports the GL, GLU, GLE, and GLUT libraries. The library can be used with the Tkinter, wxPython, FxPy, and Win32GUI windowing libraries (or almost any Python windowing library which can provide an OpenGL context).

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-opengl 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 python-opengl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-opengl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-opengl

Install python-opengl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-opengl

Install python-opengl 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 python-opengl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-opengl

How To Uninstall python-opengl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-opengl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-opengl

Uninstall python-opengl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-opengl

Remove python-opengl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-opengl

Remove python-opengl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-opengl

Dependencies

python-opengl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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