How To Install libnoise-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnoise-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnoise-dev
libnoise-dev is:
libnoise is a portable C++ library that is used to generate coherent noise, a type of smoothly-changing noise. libnoise can generate Perlin noise, ridged multifractal noise, and other types of coherent-noise. Coherent noise is often used by graphics programmers to generate natural-looking textures, planetary terrain, and other things.
This package contains the headers and static libraries needed to build programs using libnoise.
There are three methods to install libnoise-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 libnoise-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 libnoise-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnoise-dev
Install libnoise-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnoise-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnoise-dev
Install libnoise-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 libnoise-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnoise-dev
How To Uninstall libnoise-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnoise-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnoise-dev
Uninstall libnoise-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnoise-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnoise-dev
Remove libnoise-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnoise-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnoise-dev
Remove libnoise-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnoise-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnoise-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnoise-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
