How to Install and Uninstall libgl-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libgl-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libgl-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgl-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgl-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libgl-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgl-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgl-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libgl-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.2-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: libglvnd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1356
Depends: libgl1 (= 1.3.2-1), libglx-dev
Breaks: libgl1-mesa-dev (<< 19.3.0~rc6-1), libglvnd-dev (<< 1.3.0-1), mesa-common-dev (<< 19.3.0~rc6-1)
Replaces: libgl1-mesa-dev (<< 19.3.0~rc6-1), libglvnd-dev (<< 1.3.0-1), mesa-common-dev (<< 19.3.0~rc6-1)
Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libgl-dev_1.3.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 97804
MD5sum: d09bd9405d748ae88a774a7cfe050150
SHA1: 6558d8e25b9b9c3aadca90dcf29c3c21229ad57c
SHA256: ed27e99db0037178dbb13ad94bb1c75134fc48e1b4a39da3e22250de97ebf76e
SHA512: b3f1239b3947ec9bf1690efcfa48be6994f16a7756c422a3859dbe4416ed173d7e41c84412f629ab7e3ed28df27f142a05d52053b386e771527d0c424d60ea08
Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd
Description-en: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library -- GL development files
This is an implementation of the vendor-neutral dispatch layer for
arbitrating OpenGL API calls between multiple vendors on a per-screen basis.
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This package provides the development environment for compiling programs
against the GL library.
Description-md5: ca227bf7ef04224fe6437dc97e939177