How to Install and Uninstall libdrm-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "libdrm-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libdrm-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libdrm-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libdrm-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libdrm-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libdrm-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libdrm-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libdrm-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.91-2~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libdrm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1034
Depends: libdrm2 (= 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm-intel1 (= 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm-radeon1 (= 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm-nouveau2 (= 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm-amdgpu1 (= 2.4.91-2~16.04.1)
Filename: pool/main/libd/libdrm/libdrm-dev_2.4.91-2~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 231586
MD5sum: d037183948884b30478e7c6804822400
SHA1: 74a495697dd7e11b739de6c0f90335037d747140
SHA256: ed713a4be6322cfeebd3c4924e2a1f9c92498b3dcba8b1af2c6b1ed66fc05299
SHA512: 773a9fd926147bf539092f041de848b274c0f73ce78c7f5d9b68742be8feb129be5052208acf3ca5b9ed32c782a0af5b79fca900f3c272d3402580434a4cddde
Homepage: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm/
Description-en: Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -- development files
This library implements the userspace interface to the kernel DRM
services. DRM stands for "Direct Rendering Manager", which is the
kernelspace portion of the "Direct Rendering Infrastructure" (DRI).
The DRI is currently used on Linux to provide hardware-accelerated
OpenGL drivers.
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This package provides the development environment for libdrm.
Description-md5: 26367cfc3b23b21ad8b59e1f0974ff45
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev
Supported: 5y

Package: libdrm-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 917
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: libdrm
Version: 2.4.67-1
Depends: libdrm2 (= 2.4.67-1), libdrm-intel1 (= 2.4.67-1), libdrm-radeon1 (= 2.4.67-1), libdrm-nouveau2 (= 2.4.67-1), libdrm-amdgpu1 (= 2.4.67-1)
Filename: pool/main/libd/libdrm/libdrm-dev_2.4.67-1_amd64.deb
Size: 207570
MD5sum: aca9b5891309d2226071d9358fdc040f
SHA1: e5a0a8079dfe33b66945ad0665e674d4eee6fbe4
SHA256: b677e3bade5bffe5b652268291a5311bd5c761de7fb83bc88e888143a56a4822
Description-en: Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -- development files
This library implements the userspace interface to the kernel DRM
services. DRM stands for "Direct Rendering Manager", which is the
kernelspace portion of the "Direct Rendering Infrastructure" (DRI).
The DRI is currently used on Linux to provide hardware-accelerated
OpenGL drivers.
.
This package provides the development environment for libdrm.
Description-md5: 26367cfc3b23b21ad8b59e1f0974ff45
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev