How To Install kmscube on Debian 11
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:
- libc6
- libdrm2
- libegl1
- libgbm1
- libgles2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libpng16-16
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.