How To Install libdrm-intel1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-intel1 on Debian 9. libdrm-intel1 is Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services – runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-intel1 on Debian 9.

What is libdrm-intel1

libdrm-intel1 is:

This library implements the userspace interface to the kernel DRM services. DRM stands for “Direct Rendering Manager”, which is the kernelspace portion of the “Direct Rendering Infrastructure” (DRI). The DRI is currently used on Linux to provide hardware-accelerated OpenGL drivers.

There are three methods to install libdrm-intel1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdrm-intel1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-intel1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdrm-intel1

Install libdrm-intel1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-intel1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdrm-intel1

Install libdrm-intel1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-intel1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdrm-intel1

How To Uninstall libdrm-intel1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libdrm-intel1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdrm-intel1

Uninstall libdrm-intel1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdrm-intel1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm-intel1

Remove libdrm-intel1 Configurations and Data

To remove libdrm-intel1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm-intel1

Remove libdrm-intel1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdrm-intel1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm-intel1

Dependencies

libdrm-intel1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-intel1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.