How To Install waffle-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install waffle-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is waffle-utils
waffle-utils is:
A library for selecting an OpenGL API and window system at runtime
This package contains waffle utilities:
- wflinfo: Creates an OpenGL context and prints information about the created context.
There are three methods to install waffle-utils 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 waffle-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install waffle-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install waffle-utils
Install waffle-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install waffle-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install waffle-utils
Install waffle-utils 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 waffle-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install waffle-utils
How To Uninstall waffle-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the waffle-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove waffle-utils
Uninstall waffle-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall waffle-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove waffle-utils
Remove waffle-utils Configurations and Data
To remove waffle-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge waffle-utils
Remove waffle-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove waffle-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge waffle-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install waffle-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
