How To Install mesa-libGL on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGL on CentOS 7. mesa-libGL is Mesa libGL runtime libraries and DRI drivers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGL on CentOS 7.

What is mesa-libGL

Mesa libGL runtime library. Mesa libGL runtime library.

We can use yum or dnf to install mesa-libGL on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mesa-libGL.

Install mesa-libGL on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mesa-libGL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mesa-libGL

Install mesa-libGL on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mesa-libGL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mesa-libGL

How To Uninstall mesa-libGL on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mesa-libGL package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mesa-libGL

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-libGL on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.