How To Install libegl1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libegl1 is Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – EGL support Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – EGL support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libegl1`

libegl1 is:

This is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis.

This package contains support 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: libegl1 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3.1-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libs Source: libglvnd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 108 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglvnd0 (= 1.3.1-1), libegl-mesa0 Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libegl1_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 31860 MD5sum: 123e1ce8f2cee532bb1732cb6df2580c SHA1: 37e26bf0ed44b33b0651cabbc76499a0c743ff02 SHA256: a2f80eea842b3caf3b93140be8cd0f74a004e08d37e4608a8f9fa6870434ca34 Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd Description-en: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – EGL support This is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis.

There are three methods to install libegl1 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libegl1

Install libegl1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libegl1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libegl1

Install libegl1 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libegl1

How To Uninstall libegl1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libegl1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libegl1

Uninstall libegl1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libegl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libegl1

Remove libegl1 Configurations and Data

To remove libegl1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libegl1

Remove libegl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libegl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libegl1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.