How To Install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx on Debian 12.
What is libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx
libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx is:
The NVIDIA binary driver provides optimized hardware acceleration of OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES applications via a direct-rendering X Server for graphics cards using NVIDIA chip sets.
See the description of the nvidia-driver package or /usr/share/doc/libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx/README.txt.gz for a complete list of supported GPUs and PCI IDs.
This metapackage depends on the NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX implementation using GLVND and the corresponding GLVND loader library.
There are three methods to install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx on Debian 12. 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-nvidia-glvnd-glx 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-nvidia-glvnd-glx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx
Install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx
Install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx 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-nvidia-glvnd-glx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx
How To Uninstall libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx
Uninstall libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx
Remove libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx Configurations and Data
To remove libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx
Remove libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx
Dependencies
libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
