How to Install and Uninstall libglfw2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libglfw2" package

This is a short guide on how to install libglfw2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libglfw2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libglfw2" package

Learn how to uninstall libglfw2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libglfw2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libglfw2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libglfw2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 108
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: glfw
Version: 2.7.9-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libx11-6, libxrandr2 (>= 4.3)
Filename: pool/universe/g/glfw/libglfw2_2.7.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 31286
MD5sum: 5f49a1da2e7c2f38f060641bb6df4f3c
SHA1: f105aff2b97181fe1adc97098a367feb82a55d9d
SHA256: 616f65e66a41e27912c9949e3b270be5c720f24555defa9a162dcef6b6571411
Description-en: portable library for OpenGL, window and input (libraries)
GLFW is a free, Open Source, framework for OpenGL application
development. In short, it is a single library providing a powerful, portable
API for otherwise operating system specific tasks such as opening an OpenGL
window, and reading keyboard, time, mouse and joystick input.
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It also provides functions accessing OpenGL extensions, creating and
synchronizing threads and reading textures from files.
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This package provides the shared libraries.
Description-md5: d083bb1a68ceef23c8b419bd31b55607
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.glfw.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu