How To Install freeglut3-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeglut3-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. freeglut3-dev is OpenGL Utility Toolkit development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeglut3-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is freeglut3-dev

freeglut3-dev is:

GLUT is a window system independent toolkit for writing OpenGL programs. It implements a simple windowing API, which makes learning about and exploring OpenGL programming very easy.

GLUT is designed for constructing small to medium sized OpenGL programs, however it is not a full-featured toolkit, so large applications requiring sophisticated user interfaces are better off using native window system toolkits like GTK+ or Motif.

This package contains libraries, and headers suitable for software development with GLUT.

There are three methods to install freeglut3-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install freeglut3-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 freeglut3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freeglut3-dev

Install freeglut3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freeglut3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freeglut3-dev

Install freeglut3-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install freeglut3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeglut3-dev

How To Uninstall freeglut3-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the freeglut3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freeglut3-dev

Uninstall freeglut3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeglut3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeglut3-dev

Remove freeglut3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove freeglut3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeglut3-dev

Remove freeglut3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freeglut3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeglut3-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeglut3-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.