How To Install virglrenderer on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virglrenderer on AlmaLinux 8.
What is virglrenderer
The virgil3d rendering library is a library used by qemu to implement 3D GPU support for the virtio GPU.
We can use yum or dnf to install virglrenderer on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virglrenderer.
Install virglrenderer on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install virglrenderer using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install virglrenderer
Install virglrenderer on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install virglrenderer using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install virglrenderer
How To Uninstall virglrenderer on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the virglrenderer package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove virglrenderer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virglrenderer on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
