How To Install togl-demos on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install togl-demos on Debian 11. togl-demos is Tk OpenGL widget - demo files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install togl-demos on Debian 11.

What is togl-demos

togl-demos 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 demos.

There are three methods to install togl-demos on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install togl-demos Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install togl-demos

Install togl-demos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install togl-demos

Install togl-demos 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 togl-demos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install togl-demos

How To Uninstall togl-demos on Debian 11

To uninstall only the togl-demos package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove togl-demos

Uninstall togl-demos And Its Dependencies

To uninstall togl-demos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove togl-demos

Remove togl-demos Configurations and Data

To remove togl-demos configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge togl-demos

Remove togl-demos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge togl-demos

Dependencies

togl-demos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install togl-demos package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.