How To Install libvirglrenderer0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvirglrenderer0
libvirglrenderer0 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.
There are three methods to install libvirglrenderer0 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 libvirglrenderer0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirglrenderer0
Install libvirglrenderer0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirglrenderer0
Install libvirglrenderer0 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 libvirglrenderer0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirglrenderer0
How To Uninstall libvirglrenderer0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvirglrenderer0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirglrenderer0
Uninstall libvirglrenderer0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirglrenderer0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirglrenderer0
Remove libvirglrenderer0 Configurations and Data
To remove libvirglrenderer0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirglrenderer0
Remove libvirglrenderer0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirglrenderer0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirglrenderer0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
