How To Install libegl1-mesa on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl1-mesa on Debian 9.
What is libegl1-mesa
libegl1-mesa 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 modules to interface with the existing system GLX or DRI2 drivers to provide OpenGL via EGL.
There are three methods to install libegl1-mesa 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 libegl1-mesa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libegl1-mesa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libegl1-mesa
Install libegl1-mesa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libegl1-mesa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libegl1-mesa
Install libegl1-mesa 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 libegl1-mesa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libegl1-mesa
How To Uninstall libegl1-mesa on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libegl1-mesa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libegl1-mesa
Uninstall libegl1-mesa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libegl1-mesa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libegl1-mesa
Remove libegl1-mesa Configurations and Data
To remove libegl1-mesa configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libegl1-mesa
Remove libegl1-mesa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libegl1-mesa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libegl1-mesa
Dependencies
libegl1-mesa have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libdrm2
- libexpat1
- libgbm1
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-server0
- libx11-6
- libx11-xcb1
- libxcb-dri2-0
- libxcb-dri3-0
- libxcb-present0
- libxcb-sync1
- libxcb-xfixes0
- libxcb1
- libxshmfence1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl1-mesa package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
