How To Install libgbm-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbm-dev on Debian 11. libgbm-dev is generic buffer management API – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbm-dev on Debian 11.

What is libgbm-dev

libgbm-dev is:

This package contains the GBM buffer management library. It provides a mechanism for allocating buffers for graphics rendering tied to Mesa.

GBM is intended to be used as a native platform for EGL on drm or openwfd.

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

There are three methods to install libgbm-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgbm-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 libgbm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgbm-dev

Install libgbm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgbm-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgbm-dev

How To Uninstall libgbm-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libgbm-dev

Uninstall libgbm-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgbm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgbm-dev

Remove libgbm-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgbm-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgbm-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgbm-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbm-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.