How to Install and Uninstall libdrm2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libdrm2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libdrm2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libdrm2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libdrm2" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libdrm2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libdrm2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libdrm2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libdrm2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.91-2~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Source: libdrm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 115
Depends: libdrm-common (>= 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libc6 (>= 2.17)
Filename: pool/main/libd/libdrm/libdrm2_2.4.91-2~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 30824
MD5sum: 54e4e9305c4a2c27887383a2f522f739
SHA1: 6904bc96881f93832d2b929670f199f0b0638b2c
SHA256: 7c67e41337ee417fcc1e94c5e284edfa14233a5a70e8bea7b21fe391bf069b06
SHA512: a3d7cf598acef95c5b061dfa639577a835b9873619c97d5432f6f8cfda68cf15b8d0149c34c406f8d93a14f178642de11868c2771e1572440005a302c22f57ee
Homepage: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm/
Description-en: Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -- runtime
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 runtime environment for libdrm.
Description-md5: aefc4200d84a6f2aee6f342bdd88dc24
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch
Supported: 5y

Package: libdrm2
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: libdrm
Version: 2.4.67-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Filename: pool/main/libd/libdrm/libdrm2_2.4.67-1_amd64.deb
Size: 28262
MD5sum: 97f2ca2e1c5d03dd3c034b2b77ae7bc5
SHA1: 2a24f818cea6d1e4b2efffdc61edfc6d48ab56e2
SHA256: d908db6dd686e4fbbb76d92d9248067f79bb31c1215b3ccf80b45d81025db3cc
Description-en: Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -- runtime
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 runtime environment for libdrm.
Description-md5: aefc4200d84a6f2aee6f342bdd88dc24
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch