How To Install virglrenderer-test-server on CentOS 8

virglrenderer-test-server is Virgil3D renderer testing server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virglrenderer-test-server on CentOS 8.

What is virglrenderer-test-server

Virgil3D renderer testing server is a server that can be used along with the mesa virgl driver to test virgl rendering without GL.

We can use yum or dnf to install virglrenderer-test-server on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virglrenderer-test-server.

Install virglrenderer-test-server on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install virglrenderer-test-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install virglrenderer-test-server

Install virglrenderer-test-server on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install virglrenderer-test-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virglrenderer-test-server

How To Uninstall virglrenderer-test-server on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the virglrenderer-test-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove virglrenderer-test-server

virglrenderer-test-server Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/virgl_test_server
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/b245d733a71273e4cf384e78335f4d0dc31764

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virglrenderer-test-server on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.