How To Install mesa-utils on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-utils on Debian 11. mesa-utils is Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-utils on Debian 11.

What is mesa-utils

mesa-utils is:

This package provides several basic GL utilities built by Mesa, including glxinfo and glxgears.

There are three methods to install mesa-utils on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mesa-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mesa-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mesa-utils

Install mesa-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mesa-utils

Install mesa-utils 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 mesa-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mesa-utils

How To Uninstall mesa-utils on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove mesa-utils

Uninstall mesa-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mesa-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mesa-utils

Remove mesa-utils Configurations and Data

To remove mesa-utils configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mesa-utils

Remove mesa-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mesa-utils

Dependencies

mesa-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-utils package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.