How To Install libegl-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libegl-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libegl-dev is Vendor neutral GL dispatch library – EGL development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl-dev on Debian 12.

What is libegl-dev

libegl-dev is:

This is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis.

This package provides the development environment for compiling programs against the EGL library.

There are three methods to install libegl-dev 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 libegl-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libegl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libegl-dev

Install libegl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libegl-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libegl-dev

Install libegl-dev 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 libegl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libegl-dev

How To Uninstall libegl-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libegl-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libegl-dev

Uninstall libegl-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libegl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libegl-dev

Remove libegl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libegl-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libegl-dev

Remove libegl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libegl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libegl-dev

Dependencies

libegl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libegl-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.