How To Install libgles-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgles-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgles-dev
libgles-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 GLES libraries.
Package: libgles-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: 701 Depends: libegl-dev, libgl-dev, libgles1 (= 1.3.1-1), libgles2 (= 1.3.1-1) Breaks: libgles2-mesa-dev (« 19.3.0~rc6-1), libglvnd-dev (« 1.3.0-1) Replaces: libgles2-mesa-dev (« 19.3.0~rc6-1), libglvnd-dev (« 1.3.0-1) Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libgles-dev_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 47952 MD5sum: c6c13dd26153b529d011dcd7d1955c81 SHA1: 057db1d6a11f692658e92ce6a899edb47374b5c6 SHA256: aeed0836fa16bd458984e42cd07a7c014b24f7f04bf37227d7b34d0c41a13689 Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd Description-en: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – GLES 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 GLES libraries.
There are three methods to install libgles-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 libgles-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 libgles-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgles-dev
Install libgles-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgles-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgles-dev
Install libgles-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 libgles-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgles-dev
How To Uninstall libgles-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgles-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgles-dev
Uninstall libgles-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgles-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgles-dev
Remove libgles-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgles-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgles-dev
Remove libgles-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgles-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgles-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgles-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
