How To Install libgl-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgl-dev
libgl-dev 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 provides the development environment for compiling programs against the GL library.
Package: libgl-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3.1-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional 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: 1356 Depends: libgl1 (= 1.3.1-1), libglx-dev Breaks: libgl1-mesa-dev (« 19.3.0~rc6-1), libglvnd-dev (« 1.3.0-1), mesa-common-dev (« 19.3.0~rc6-1) Replaces: libgl1-mesa-dev (« 19.3.0~rc6-1), libglvnd-dev (« 1.3.0-1), mesa-common-dev (« 19.3.0~rc6-1) Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libgl-dev_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 97816 MD5sum: f77b7ba09692735a7e81c3994c8f3069 SHA1: 9435d167a6547d271af2c5c6fc683acbc1ca589a SHA256: 4a7fff3bbe3f5af24f8e36b5565c36b14a2acd3e66e58ecf15b15a36aa15f929 Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd Description-en: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – GL development files 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 provides the development environment for compiling programs against the GL library.
There are three methods to install libgl-dev
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 libgl-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgl-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgl-dev
Install libgl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgl-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgl-dev
Install libgl-dev 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 libgl-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgl-dev
How To Uninstall libgl-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgl-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgl-dev
Uninstall libgl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgl-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgl-dev
Remove libgl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgl-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgl-dev
Remove libgl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgl-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgl-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.