How To Install libgles2-mesa on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgles2-mesa
on Debian 10.
What is libgles2-mesa
libgles2-mesa is:
This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install libgles2-mesa
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgles2-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 libgles2-mesa
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgles2-mesa
Install libgles2-mesa Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgles2-mesa
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgles2-mesa
Install libgles2-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 libgles2-mesa
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgles2-mesa
How To Uninstall libgles2-mesa on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libgles2-mesa
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgles2-mesa
Uninstall libgles2-mesa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgles2-mesa
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgles2-mesa
Remove libgles2-mesa Configurations and Data
To remove libgles2-mesa
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgles2-mesa
Remove libgles2-mesa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgles2-mesa
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgles2-mesa
Dependencies
libgles2-mesa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgles2-mesa
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.