How to Install and Uninstall glx-alternative-mesa Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "glx-alternative-mesa" package

Please follow the instructions below to install glx-alternative-mesa on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                glx-alternative-mesa
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "glx-alternative-mesa" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall glx-alternative-mesa on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                glx-alternative-mesa
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glx-alternative-mesa package on Kali Linux

Package: glx-alternative-mesa
Source: glx-alternatives
Version: 1.2.2
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: update-glx (= 1.2.2)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.21)
Recommends: glx-diversions
Suggests: libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1
Breaks: nvidia-alternative (<< 390.67-3~)
Size: 4760
SHA256: a72c331f3bd6b2acb4fa75428af4a7ce37e23a0f333e5bf34c05da77fbc1a5e1
SHA1: 8fd57bcca35cef7d5e98957d89df05817ecc05c5
MD5sum: da352f3d1c91f29ee31d8c203613954c
Description: allows the selection of MESA as GLX provider
In setups with several GLX providers (e.g. the free MESA implementation and
proprietary graphics hardware vendor implementations) this metapackage
allows one to switch back to MESA.
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Use 'update-glx --config glx' to select an implementation.
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This package does not depend on the corresponding MESA libraries.
In order to install the MESA libraries, install the libgl1-mesa-glx package
instead.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: contrib/libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/contrib/g/glx-alternatives/glx-alternative-mesa_1.2.2_amd64.deb