How To Install libdrm-amdgpu1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-amdgpu1 on Debian 9.
What is libdrm-amdgpu1
libdrm-amdgpu1 is:
This library implements the userspace interface to the kernel DRM services. DRM stands for “Direct Rendering Manager”, which is the kernelspace portion of the “Direct Rendering Infrastructure” (DRI). The DRI is currently used on Linux to provide hardware-accelerated OpenGL drivers.
There are three methods to install libdrm-amdgpu1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdrm-amdgpu1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-amdgpu1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdrm-amdgpu1
Install libdrm-amdgpu1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-amdgpu1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdrm-amdgpu1
Install libdrm-amdgpu1 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 libdrm-amdgpu1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdrm-amdgpu1
How To Uninstall libdrm-amdgpu1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libdrm-amdgpu1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdrm-amdgpu1
Uninstall libdrm-amdgpu1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdrm-amdgpu1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm-amdgpu1
Remove libdrm-amdgpu1 Configurations and Data
To remove libdrm-amdgpu1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm-amdgpu1
Remove libdrm-amdgpu1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdrm-amdgpu1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm-amdgpu1
Dependencies
libdrm-amdgpu1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-amdgpu1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.