How To Install libdrm-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdrm-common
libdrm-common 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.
This package provides common files for libdrm.
There are three methods to install libdrm-common 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 libdrm-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdrm-common
Install libdrm-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdrm-common
Install libdrm-common 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 libdrm-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdrm-common
How To Uninstall libdrm-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdrm-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdrm-common
Uninstall libdrm-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdrm-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm-common
Remove libdrm-common Configurations and Data
To remove libdrm-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm-common
Remove libdrm-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdrm-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
