How To Install libegl-mesa0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl-mesa0 on Ubuntu 20.04. libegl-mesa0 is free implementation of the EGL API – Mesa vendor library free implementation of the EGL API – Mesa vendor library free implementation of the EGL API – Mesa vendor library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl-mesa0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libegl-mesa0`

libegl-mesa0 is:

This package contains the EGL native platform graphics interface library. EGL provides a platform-agnostic mechanism for creating rendering surfaces for use with other graphics libraries, such as OpenGL|ES.

This package contains the Mesa vendor library for EGL. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libegl-mesa0 Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 347 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Multi-Arch: same Source: mesa Version: 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Provides: libegl-vendor Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.81), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgbm1 (= 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1), libglapi-mesa (= 20.2.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.15.0), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.6.9), libxcb-dri2-0 (>= 1.8), libxcb-dri3-0 (>= 1.13), libxcb-present0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2), libxshmfence1 Description-en: free implementation of the EGL API – Mesa vendor library This package contains the EGL native platform graphics interface library. EGL provides a platform-agnostic mechanism for creating rendering surfaces for use with other graphics libraries, such as OpenGL|ES.

This package contains the Mesa vendor library for EGL. Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/

Package: libegl-mesa0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: mesa Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 353 Provides: libegl-vendor Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.81), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgbm1 (= 20.0.4-2ubuntu1), libglapi-mesa (= 20.0.4-2ubuntu1), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.15.0), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.6.9), libxcb-dri2-0 (>= 1.8), libxcb-dri3-0 (>= 1.13), libxcb-present0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2), libxshmfence1 Breaks: nvidia-304, nvidia-340 (<= 340.106-0ubuntu1), nvidia-384 (« 390.25) Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libegl-mesa0_20.0.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 95840 MD5sum: 28cd75d4bde8df9be14cd12395ce95b2 SHA1: d6cade86f665a0bf787b1057f9acc8b6c706d283 SHA256: c736ffcd2e13cde0d3e6b21b41226be9ddb0f4b9f2cf1b57843ceea48fbb41a1 Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/ Description-en: free implementation of the EGL API – Mesa vendor library This package contains the EGL native platform graphics interface library. EGL provides a platform-agnostic mechanism for creating rendering surfaces for use with other graphics libraries, such as OpenGL|ES.

There are three methods to install libegl-mesa0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libegl-mesa0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libegl-mesa0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libegl-mesa0

Install libegl-mesa0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libegl-mesa0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libegl-mesa0

Install libegl-mesa0 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libegl-mesa0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libegl-mesa0

How To Uninstall libegl-mesa0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libegl-mesa0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libegl-mesa0

Uninstall libegl-mesa0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libegl-mesa0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libegl-mesa0

Remove libegl-mesa0 Configurations and Data

To remove libegl-mesa0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libegl-mesa0

Remove libegl-mesa0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libegl-mesa0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libegl-mesa0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl-mesa0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.