How To Install libopengl0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopengl0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libopengl0
libopengl0 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 OpenGL. Task: ubuntustudio-publishing
Package: libopengl0 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: 220 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglvnd0 (= 1.3.1-1) Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libopengl0_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 29356 MD5sum: 5038c28fc83719f401b376caa11171b1 SHA1: 6c78cda96c148fa11868e412d3d6420fcd4e072f SHA256: 0d4610038dc80fc36e90f31a391184da87da219abcf7d7dbbf52a203f4ab2e22 Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd Description-en: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – OpenGL support 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 OpenGL. Task: ubuntustudio-publishing
There are three methods to install libopengl0 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 libopengl0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopengl0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopengl0
Install libopengl0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopengl0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopengl0
Install libopengl0 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 libopengl0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopengl0
How To Uninstall libopengl0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libopengl0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopengl0
Uninstall libopengl0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopengl0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopengl0
Remove libopengl0 Configurations and Data
To remove libopengl0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopengl0
Remove libopengl0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopengl0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopengl0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopengl0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
