How to Install and Uninstall libgl1-mesa-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libgl1-mesa-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libgl1-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libgl1-mesa-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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3. Information about the libgl1-mesa-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgl1-mesa-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Source: mesa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 71
Provides: libgl-dev
Depends: mesa-common-dev (= 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libgl1-mesa-glx (= 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libdrm-dev (>= 2.4.74), libx11-dev, libx11-xcb-dev, libxcb-dri3-dev, libxcb-present-dev, libxcb-sync-dev, libxshmfence-dev, libxcb-dri2-0-dev, libxcb-glx0-dev, libxdamage-dev, libxext-dev, libxfixes-dev, libxxf86vm-dev, x11proto-dri2-dev (>= 2.6), x11proto-gl-dev (>= 1.4.14)
Conflicts: libgl-dev
Replaces: libgl-dev
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libgl1-mesa-dev_18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 4456
MD5sum: 6221f569f12ab282464f3457daef298c
SHA1: 64c234e744963f4bdd89f0cb29744424c47953cd
SHA256: a3232cb4997a1372da89e5e2b9d35238d15fc6fd34a66015fb3b1780f5c31bcb
SHA512: 28d1fa50322ee2d16ccf8bcc2d3cd7289445069ad2f743e2a3a5bc3268507b1955baca33d64ffed62082728d004e463e4a58e1381281fe98ba8bd76a10f07883
Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/
Description-en: free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX development files
This version of Mesa provides GLX and DRI capabilities: it is capable of
both direct and indirect rendering. For direct rendering, it can use DRI
modules from the libgl1-mesa-dri package to accelerate drawing.
.
This package includes headers and static libraries for compiling
programs with Mesa.
.
For a complete description of Mesa, please look at the libgl1-mesa-glx
package.
Description-md5: edeb377b6e64f69c00b2215e4025a28a
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev
Supported: 5y

Package: libgl1-mesa-dev
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 67
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: mesa
Version: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
Replaces: libgl-dev
Provides: libgl-dev
Depends: mesa-common-dev (= 11.2.0-1ubuntu2), libgl1-mesa-glx (= 11.2.0-1ubuntu2), libdrm-dev (>= 2.4.65), libx11-dev, libx11-xcb-dev, libxcb-dri3-dev, libxcb-present-dev, libxcb-sync-dev, libxshmfence-dev, libxcb-dri2-0-dev, libxcb-glx0-dev, libxdamage-dev, libxext-dev, libxfixes-dev, libxxf86vm-dev, x11proto-dri2-dev (>= 2.6), x11proto-gl-dev (>= 1.4.14)
Conflicts: libgl-dev
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libgl1-mesa-dev_11.2.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 4410
MD5sum: 36b3c22686d798d6c4429d224e6d3abf
SHA1: 0dbe54b5eedfe391c5648dd29e6916e0209b961d
SHA256: 4aabae0db9a46224e228f4b71d712a23c477b4e7af8b6b5c37510f25d144e325
Description-en: free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX development files
This version of Mesa provides GLX and DRI capabilities: it is capable of
both direct and indirect rendering. For direct rendering, it can use DRI
modules from the libgl1-mesa-dri package to accelerate drawing.
.
This package includes headers and static libraries for compiling
programs with Mesa.
.
For a complete description of Mesa, please look at the libgl1-mesa-glx
package.
Description-md5: edeb377b6e64f69c00b2215e4025a28a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://mesa3d.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev