How To Install kmscube on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmscube on Debian 11. kmscube is Example KMS/GBM/EGL application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmscube on Debian 11.

What is kmscube

kmscube is:

kmscube is an example application that displays a rotating cube to demonstrate the usage of KMS, GBM and EGL. It can be used to test kernel mode setting and Mesas DRM drivers.

There are three methods to install kmscube 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 kmscube Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kmscube

Install kmscube Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kmscube using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kmscube

Install kmscube 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 kmscube using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kmscube

How To Uninstall kmscube on Debian 11

To uninstall only the kmscube package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kmscube

Uninstall kmscube And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kmscube and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmscube

Remove kmscube Configurations and Data

To remove kmscube configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kmscube

Remove kmscube configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmscube

Dependencies

kmscube have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmscube package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.