How To Install libvirglrenderer1 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 libvirglrenderer1 on Ubuntu.
What is libvirglrenderer1
libvirglrenderer1 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 libvirglrenderer1 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 libvirglrenderer1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirglrenderer1
Install libvirglrenderer1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirglrenderer1
Install libvirglrenderer1 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 libvirglrenderer1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirglrenderer1
How To Uninstall libvirglrenderer1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libvirglrenderer1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirglrenderer1
Uninstall libvirglrenderer1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirglrenderer1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirglrenderer1
Remove libvirglrenderer1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvirglrenderer1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirglrenderer1
Remove libvirglrenderer1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirglrenderer1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirglrenderer1
Dependencies
libvirglrenderer1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.