How To Install libnvidia-egl-wayland1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-egl-wayland1 on Debian 12.
What is libnvidia-egl-wayland1
libnvidia-egl-wayland1 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 shared library.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-egl-wayland1 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-wayland1 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-wayland1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-egl-wayland1
Install libnvidia-egl-wayland1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-egl-wayland1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-egl-wayland1
Install libnvidia-egl-wayland1 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-wayland1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-egl-wayland1
How To Uninstall libnvidia-egl-wayland1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnvidia-egl-wayland1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-egl-wayland1
Uninstall libnvidia-egl-wayland1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-egl-wayland1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-egl-wayland1
Remove libnvidia-egl-wayland1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-egl-wayland1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-egl-wayland1
Remove libnvidia-egl-wayland1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-egl-wayland1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-egl-wayland1
Dependencies
libnvidia-egl-wayland1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-egl-wayland1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
