How To Install piglit 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 piglit on Ubuntu.

What is piglit

piglit is:

Piglit is an open-source test suite for OpenGL and OpenCL implementations.

There are three methods to install piglit 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 piglit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install piglit

Install piglit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install piglit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install piglit

Install piglit 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 piglit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install piglit

How To Uninstall piglit on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the piglit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove piglit

Uninstall piglit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall piglit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove piglit

Remove piglit Configurations and Data

To remove piglit configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge piglit

Remove piglit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge piglit

Dependencies

piglit have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libegl1
• libgcc-s1
• libgl1
• libstdc++6
• libvulkan1
• libwaffle-1-0
• libwayland-client0
• libx11-6
• libxkbcommon0
• ocl-icd-libopencl1
• ocl-icd-libopencl1
• ocl-icd-libopencl1
• python3

References

• piglit website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install piglit package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.