How To Install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev on Debian 12.
What is libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev
libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev is:
This is a work-in-progress implementation of a EGL (Embedded-System Graphics Library) External Platform library to add client-side Wayland support to EGL on top of EGLDevice and EGLStream families of extensions.
This library implements an EGL External Platform interface to work along with EGL drivers that support the external platform mechanism. More information about EGL External platforms and the interface can be found at:
https://github.com/NVIDIA/eglexternalplatform
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev 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 libnvidia-egl-wayland-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 libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev
Install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev
Install libnvidia-egl-wayland-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 libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev
How To Uninstall libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev
Uninstall libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev
Remove libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev
Remove libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev
Dependencies
libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-egl-wayland-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
