How To Install libegl1-mesa on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl1-mesa on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libegl1-mesa
libegl1-mesa is:
This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
Package: libegl1-mesa Architecture: amd64 Version: 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/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: 77 Depends: libegl1 Filename: pool/universe/m/mesa/libegl1-mesa_20.0.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 6412 MD5sum: 061582c7cb55cecc28bb277ebaeda725 SHA1: 9c91868403850a112e08cc51a806844c4919fe79 SHA256: f24d1c91cf17f8b90c5024fe862b6349d9aa765e28762ac0b7e769994a2e5830 Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/ Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install libegl1-mesa 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl1-mesa package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
