How to Install and Uninstall libgl1-mesa-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libgl1-mesa-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libgl1-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgl1-mesa-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgl1-mesa-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libgl1-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgl1-mesa-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgl1-mesa-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libgl1-mesa-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 21.2.2-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Source: mesa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 69
Depends: libgl-dev, libglvnd-dev
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libgl1-mesa-dev_21.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 6460
MD5sum: a662436582030e2f4ab43d3e4569bc8d
SHA1: 11707018421b9a86b7824aae6f234d27ecd5e311
SHA256: 8d59ad31a00835ee79453775c4edbbfeb99f45c0f94e735ae8303c5dc4d39392
SHA512: 646b62307f44079e80eda596b866aeafb0d8aa69c5b3647f3bb72060db247e0fd48d5009471d9af9203a73ec071959a960d56796f5642bb3576c418bfcd4b541
Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/
Description-en: transitional dummy package
This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
Description-md5: 635a93bcd1440d16621693fe064c2aa9