How To Install libdrm-nouveau2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-nouveau2
on Debian 12.
What is libdrm-nouveau2
libdrm-nouveau2 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-nouveau2
on Debian 12. 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-nouveau2 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-nouveau2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdrm-nouveau2
Install libdrm-nouveau2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-nouveau2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdrm-nouveau2
Install libdrm-nouveau2 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-nouveau2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdrm-nouveau2
How To Uninstall libdrm-nouveau2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdrm-nouveau2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdrm-nouveau2
Uninstall libdrm-nouveau2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdrm-nouveau2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm-nouveau2
Remove libdrm-nouveau2 Configurations and Data
To remove libdrm-nouveau2
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm-nouveau2
Remove libdrm-nouveau2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdrm-nouveau2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm-nouveau2
Dependencies
libdrm-nouveau2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-nouveau2
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.