How to Install and Uninstall libsoil1 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libsoil1" package

This is a short guide on how to install libsoil1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsoil1" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libsoil1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsoil1
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsoil1 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libsoil1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 152
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: libsoil
Version: 1.07~20080707.dfsg-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1
Filename: pool/universe/libs/libsoil/libsoil1_1.07~20080707.dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 48912
MD5sum: 9ab1c8b20fde7ee7d0352209eee04288
SHA1: 925865df6774b49b95b09f1afc3c85b607c10f62
SHA256: 01915b9ff84cba9369597fbc86cb627ec596b5c5b6ed79eb746020efd0a3f18e
Description-en: Simple OpenGL Image Library
SOIL is a tiny C library used primarily for uploading textures into OpenGL.
It supports loading BMP, PNG, JPG, TGA, DDS, PSD and HDR files as well as
saving into TGA, BMP and DDS Files.
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It is also able to perform common functions needed in loading OpenGL textures.
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This is the shared library potentially needed for some other software to work.
Description-md5: 592ac35975852881dc92c461ea847d2b
Homepage: http://www.lonesock.net/soil.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu