How To Install libwayland-egl1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwayland-egl1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwayland-egl1
libwayland-egl1 is:
Wayland is a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a C library implementation of that protocol. The compositor can be a standalone display server running on Linux kernel modesetting and evdev input devices, an X application, or a wayland client itself. The clients can be traditional applications, X servers (rootless or fullscreen) or other display servers.
This package ships the library that implements the Wayland EGL platform of the Wayland protocol.
There are three methods to install libwayland-egl1 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwayland-egl1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwayland-egl1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwayland-egl1
Install libwayland-egl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwayland-egl1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwayland-egl1
Install libwayland-egl1 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 libwayland-egl1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwayland-egl1
How To Uninstall libwayland-egl1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwayland-egl1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwayland-egl1
Uninstall libwayland-egl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwayland-egl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwayland-egl1
Remove libwayland-egl1 Configurations and Data
To remove libwayland-egl1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwayland-egl1
Remove libwayland-egl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwayland-egl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwayland-egl1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwayland-egl1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
