How To Install libgbm1 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbm1 on Debian 11. libgbm1 is generic buffer management API – runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbm1 on Debian 11.

What is libgbm1

libgbm1 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.

There are three methods to install libgbm1 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 libgbm1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgbm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgbm1

Install libgbm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgbm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgbm1

Install libgbm1 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 libgbm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgbm1

How To Uninstall libgbm1 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libgbm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgbm1

Uninstall libgbm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgbm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgbm1

Remove libgbm1 Configurations and Data

To remove libgbm1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgbm1

Remove libgbm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgbm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgbm1

Dependencies

libgbm1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbm1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.