How To Install libgl1-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgl1-mesa-dev
libgl1-mesa-dev is:
This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
Package: libgl1-mesa-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: mesa Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 77 Depends: libgl-dev, libglvnd-dev Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libgl1-mesa-dev_20.0.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 6424 MD5sum: 1d75a1cd33a3cdfeae44ad7c4a45ecb4 SHA1: 8a2bc3b4508e539fc8a8c21d2bfd8ddf45fa2a31 SHA256: e17a1ba1d429ebc096bf13fae85151b6d28b9b10adef78c903a0986389b7b5ca Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/ Description-en: transitional dummy package This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install libgl1-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-mesa-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.