How To Install libvirglrenderer-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libvirglrenderer-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libvirglrenderer-dev is virtual GPU for KVM virtualization - headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer-dev on Debian 10.

What is libvirglrenderer-dev

libvirglrenderer-dev is:

Library used by qemu to implement 3D GPU support for the virtio GPU.

Virgil is a research project to investigate the possibility of creating a virtual 3D GPU for use inside qemu virtual machines, that allows the guest operating system to use the capabilities of the host GPU to accelerate 3D rendering. The plan is to have a guest GPU that is fully independent of the host GPU.

This package contains the development files and headers.

There are three methods to install libvirglrenderer-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libvirglrenderer-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 libvirglrenderer-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvirglrenderer-dev

Install libvirglrenderer-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvirglrenderer-dev

Install libvirglrenderer-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 libvirglrenderer-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvirglrenderer-dev

How To Uninstall libvirglrenderer-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libvirglrenderer-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvirglrenderer-dev

Uninstall libvirglrenderer-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvirglrenderer-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirglrenderer-dev

Remove libvirglrenderer-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libvirglrenderer-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvirglrenderer-dev

Remove libvirglrenderer-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirglrenderer-dev

Dependencies

libvirglrenderer-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.