How To Install libdrm-radeon1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-radeon1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdrm-radeon1
libdrm-radeon1 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-radeon1 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-radeon1 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-radeon1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdrm-radeon1
Install libdrm-radeon1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-radeon1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdrm-radeon1
Install libdrm-radeon1 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-radeon1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdrm-radeon1
How To Uninstall libdrm-radeon1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdrm-radeon1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdrm-radeon1
Uninstall libdrm-radeon1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdrm-radeon1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm-radeon1
Remove libdrm-radeon1 Configurations and Data
To remove libdrm-radeon1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm-radeon1
Remove libdrm-radeon1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdrm-radeon1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm-radeon1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-radeon1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
