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

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "libopengl-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libopengl-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libopengl-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "libopengl-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libopengl-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libopengl-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the libopengl-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libopengl-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.3-1
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: 22
Depends: libopengl0 (= 1.3.3-1)
Breaks: libglvnd-dev (<< 1.3.0-1)
Replaces: libglvnd-dev (<< 1.3.0-1)
Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libopengl-dev_1.3.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3572
MD5sum: 9f9585ef0cf2789ea420a8eedd149b20
SHA1: 598ba0a73a3de5344341c65edc3ea7cef20808b7
SHA256: ce7f21fdd363ae8c34bd37dc7822f7d9bef7b0113df8044bff051a359f36434b
SHA512: f8eb879a248f227451511f7da5ef631a1d98c2d160c3e7907d7e186aa912acdb6a5f83a82f3b6e751e5073b129b2cb86c5d3cbcbd08b3b4ff923b701214dd1d4
Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd
Description-en: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library -- OpenGL 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.
.
This package provides the development environment for compiling programs
against the OpenGL library.
Description-md5: 955083203fd22660c0b30440d61779d9