How to Install freeglut3 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install freeglut3 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

freeglut3 software package provides OpenGL Utility Toolkit, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install freeglut3 

freeglut3 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the freeglut3 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep freeglut3 *

You will get with freeglut3 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

freeglut3 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Libraries
Package freeglut3
Version 2.6.0-1ubuntu2
Description OpenGL Utility Toolkit
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove freeglut3 software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?