How To Install libgl1-mesa-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-mesa-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libgl1-mesa-dev
libgl1-mesa-dev 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 includes headers and static libraries for compiling programs with Mesa.
For a complete description of Mesa, please look at the libglx-mesa0 package.
There are three methods to install libgl1-mesa-dev
on Debian 10. 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-mesa-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 libgl1-mesa-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgl1-mesa-dev
Install libgl1-mesa-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgl1-mesa-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgl1-mesa-dev
Install libgl1-mesa-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 libgl1-mesa-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgl1-mesa-dev
How To Uninstall libgl1-mesa-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libgl1-mesa-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgl1-mesa-dev
Uninstall libgl1-mesa-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgl1-mesa-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgl1-mesa-dev
Remove libgl1-mesa-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgl1-mesa-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgl1-mesa-dev
Remove libgl1-mesa-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgl1-mesa-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgl1-mesa-dev
Dependencies
libgl1-mesa-dev have the following dependencies:
- mesa-common-dev
- libglvnd-dev
- libdrm-dev
- libx11-dev
- libx11-xcb-dev
- libxcb-dri3-dev
- libxcb-present-dev
- libxcb-sync-dev
- libxshmfence-dev
- libxcb-dri2-0-dev
- libxcb-glx0-dev
- libxdamage-dev
- libxext-dev
- libxfixes-dev
- libxxf86vm-dev
- x11proto-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-mesa-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.