How To Install libglapi-mesa on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglapi-mesa
on Debian 11.
What is libglapi-mesa
libglapi-mesa is:
The Mesa GL API module is responsible for dispatching all the gl* functions. It is intended to be mainly used by both the libgles1-mesa and libgles2-mesa packages.
There are three methods to install libglapi-mesa
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 libglapi-mesa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libglapi-mesa
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libglapi-mesa
Install libglapi-mesa Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libglapi-mesa
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libglapi-mesa
Install libglapi-mesa 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 libglapi-mesa
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libglapi-mesa
How To Uninstall libglapi-mesa on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libglapi-mesa
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libglapi-mesa
Uninstall libglapi-mesa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libglapi-mesa
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglapi-mesa
Remove libglapi-mesa Configurations and Data
To remove libglapi-mesa
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libglapi-mesa
Remove libglapi-mesa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libglapi-mesa
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglapi-mesa
Dependencies
libglapi-mesa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglapi-mesa
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.