How To Install libgl1-amber-dri on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-amber-dri
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgl1-amber-dri
libgl1-amber-dri is:
This version of Mesa provides GLX and DRI capabilities: it is capable of both direct and indirect rendering. For direct rendering, it can use DRI modules from the libgl1-mesa-dri package to accelerate drawing.
This package does not include the OpenGL library itself, only the DRI modules for accelerating direct rendering.
For a complete description of Mesa Amber, please look at the libglx-amber0 package.
There are three methods to install libgl1-amber-dri
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgl1-amber-dri Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgl1-amber-dri
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgl1-amber-dri
Install libgl1-amber-dri Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgl1-amber-dri
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgl1-amber-dri
Install libgl1-amber-dri 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 libgl1-amber-dri
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgl1-amber-dri
How To Uninstall libgl1-amber-dri on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgl1-amber-dri
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgl1-amber-dri
Uninstall libgl1-amber-dri And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgl1-amber-dri
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgl1-amber-dri
Remove libgl1-amber-dri Configurations and Data
To remove libgl1-amber-dri
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgl1-amber-dri
Remove libgl1-amber-dri configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgl1-amber-dri
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgl1-amber-dri
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-amber-dri
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.