How To Install libdrm-dev on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libdrm-dev
libdrm-dev is:
This library implements the userspace interface to the kernel DRM services. DRM stands for “Direct Rendering Manager”, which is the kernelspace portion of the “Direct Rendering Infrastructure” (DRI). The DRI is currently used on Linux to provide hardware-accelerated OpenGL drivers.
This package provides the development environment for libdrm.
There are three methods to install libdrm-dev on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdrm-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 libdrm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdrm-dev
Install libdrm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdrm-dev
Install libdrm-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 libdrm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdrm-dev
How To Uninstall libdrm-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libdrm-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdrm-dev
Uninstall libdrm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdrm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm-dev
Remove libdrm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdrm-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm-dev
Remove libdrm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdrm-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm-dev
Dependencies
libdrm-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.