How to Install and Uninstall libgbm-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libgbm-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libgbm-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libgbm-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgbm-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgbm-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libgbm-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 21.2.2-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: mesa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 91
Depends: libgbm1 (= 21.2.2-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libgbm-dev_21.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 9188
MD5sum: efacd9df7352c5bfba081f0599d752d9
SHA1: 725c1b21981f54196c59ed8c7f9f950b2bde77c1
SHA256: 3f646f82cd5dcddee0481aed7ab1ffdc296f832f135c9758155f20101739de24
SHA512: 0d4b7f4c1909732a06cf11cdc65004d5f1ea2eea94b3f0958aaac49ecaa0936194d4664d41548020e629e713998d2276aa6b7f1e9151baa17ad4c4e3a2295afe
Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/
Description-en: generic buffer management API -- development files
This package contains the GBM buffer management library. It provides a
mechanism for allocating buffers for graphics rendering tied to Mesa.
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GBM is intended to be used as a native platform for EGL on drm or openwfd.
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This package provides the development environment for compiling programs
against the GBM library.
Description-md5: 97d3ae24c3bec4dfba8e29c665cda9e5