How To Install libdrm2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdrm2
libdrm2 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 the runtime environment for libdrm.
There are three methods to install libdrm2 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 libdrm2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdrm2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdrm2
Install libdrm2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdrm2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdrm2
Install libdrm2 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 libdrm2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdrm2
How To Uninstall libdrm2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdrm2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdrm2
Uninstall libdrm2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdrm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm2
Remove libdrm2 Configurations and Data
To remove libdrm2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm2
Remove libdrm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdrm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
