How To Install libvirglrenderer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
