How To Install eglexternalplatform-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eglexternalplatform-dev
on Debian 11.
What is eglexternalplatform-dev
eglexternalplatform-dev is:
This is a work-in-progress specification of the EGL (Embedded-System Graphics Library) External Platform interface for writing EGL platforms and their interactions with modern window systems on top of existing low-level EGL platform implementations. This keeps window system implementation specifics out of EGL drivers by using application-facing EGL functions.
There are three methods to install eglexternalplatform-dev
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install eglexternalplatform-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 eglexternalplatform-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eglexternalplatform-dev
Install eglexternalplatform-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eglexternalplatform-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eglexternalplatform-dev
Install eglexternalplatform-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install eglexternalplatform-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eglexternalplatform-dev
How To Uninstall eglexternalplatform-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the eglexternalplatform-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eglexternalplatform-dev
Uninstall eglexternalplatform-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eglexternalplatform-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eglexternalplatform-dev
Remove eglexternalplatform-dev Configurations and Data
To remove eglexternalplatform-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eglexternalplatform-dev
Remove eglexternalplatform-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eglexternalplatform-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eglexternalplatform-dev
Dependencies
eglexternalplatform-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eglexternalplatform-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.