How to Install and Uninstall libglfw3-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libglfw3-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libglfw3-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libglfw3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libglfw3-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libglfw3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the libglfw3-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libglfw3-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.6-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: glfw3
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 267
Depends: libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libglfw3 (= 3.3.6-1) | libglfw3-wayland (= 3.3.6-1)
Recommends: libegl1-mesa-dev, libvulkan-dev, libwayland-dev, libx11-dev, libxrandr-dev
Suggests: libglfw3-doc
Conflicts: libglfw-dev
Filename: pool/universe/g/glfw3/libglfw3-dev_3.3.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 41114
MD5sum: 1480812ef97cbedf611cb9eaec14bc49
SHA1: 38cc571d52628d4808f0089c2d51987cc5d45cee
SHA256: 2b2a68725a34dd69bcce045282806f1d1ffa6c43376aa1023058683f51a31b02
SHA512: 4d7c7ab08c5d4f99d1d885e545155924a5ae13e0be267e02b6da6bac9b22af15461b3196ae26ad2548f3f63f0ac350ec749288dbaa86dd9341262e137a585a6d
Homepage: https://www.glfw.org/
Description: portable library for OpenGL, window and input (development files)
Description-md5: d32f1f76941ab1185f332cadd1f7fa2b