How To Install libglvnd0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd0 on Ubuntu 20.04. libglvnd0 is Vendor neutral GL dispatch library Vendor neutral GL dispatch library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libglvnd0`

libglvnd0 is:

This is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis.

This package contains the GL dispatch library. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libglvnd0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3.1-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libs Source: libglvnd Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 725 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Breaks: libgldispatch0-nvidia Replaces: libgldispatch0-nvidia Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libglvnd0_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 52436 MD5sum: 195fe793645de72dcdbe024e1590ea23 SHA1: 3eade313a9f1f1fe315e4d34378286ede3812c3a SHA256: cf504a0b783eff02a0a8dfbf7d618c97d183937536c6e0ca44e66aea2cd880e8 Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd Description-en: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library This is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis.

There are three methods to install libglvnd0 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 libglvnd0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libglvnd0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libglvnd0

Install libglvnd0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libglvnd0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libglvnd0

Install libglvnd0 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 libglvnd0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libglvnd0

How To Uninstall libglvnd0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libglvnd0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libglvnd0

Uninstall libglvnd0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libglvnd0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglvnd0

Remove libglvnd0 Configurations and Data

To remove libglvnd0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libglvnd0

Remove libglvnd0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libglvnd0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglvnd0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.