How To Install libglx-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglx-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libglx-dev is Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – GLX development files Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – GLX development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglx-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libglx-dev

libglx-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 GLX library.

Package: libglx-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: 89 Depends: libglx0 (= 1.3.1-1), libx11-dev Breaks: libgl-dev (« 1.3.0-6), libglvnd-dev (« 1.3.0-1), mesa-common-dev (« 19.3.0~rc6-1) Replaces: libgl-dev (« 1.3.0-6), libglvnd-dev (« 1.3.0-1), mesa-common-dev (« 19.3.0~rc6-1) Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libglx-dev_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 13964 MD5sum: 07553a5a8b6e7b3b4f5205a13fd8b9c6 SHA1: 1a31777dd486f5a346197788b1bdfd89581c2d90 SHA256: 4df0694e208a7b7a32311b3d7dd424d3b8775624f3786a7fd7efe54c66f760ed Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd Description-en: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – GLX 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 GLX library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libglx-dev

Install libglx-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libglx-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libglx-dev

Install libglx-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 libglx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libglx-dev

How To Uninstall libglx-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libglx-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libglx-dev

Uninstall libglx-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglx-dev

Remove libglx-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libglx-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libglx-dev

Remove libglx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglx-dev

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Summary

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