How to Install and Uninstall libosmesa6 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libosmesa6" package

This tutorial shows how to install libosmesa6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libosmesa6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libosmesa6" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libosmesa6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libosmesa6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libosmesa6 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libosmesa6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Source: mesa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4258
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libglapi-mesa (= 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libosmesa6_18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1271986
MD5sum: bb8256c9ec0eb0164f7c5306d9c2e63d
SHA1: a49dcf48cc8449dd18dfe1d15905f5f95921e497
SHA256: b746527e6dba96b8e8c77ba7246d3d707ed33a298c4ec6fd5413b9dc93794530
SHA512: 9690f319cccb3e8d93a06fdabe541b9c53f1fa5600e5a6304904a457896543fe14ebd62a26a804da0226deeb62bf6edc3e91ce5e59639e7e25420b416b67ccb0
Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/
Description-en: Mesa Off-screen rendering extension
OSmesa is a Mesa extension that allows programs to render to an
off-screen buffer using the OpenGL API without having to create a
rendering context on an X Server. It uses a pure software renderer.
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This package provides both 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the off-screen
renderer which do not require external libraries to work.
Description-md5: e0dd0508dd95a809bb554369d28e278c
Supported: 5y

Package: libosmesa6
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 3906
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: mesa
Version: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libglapi-mesa (= 11.2.0-1ubuntu2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libosmesa6_11.2.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1145020
MD5sum: 36f7945f7c8f58ad4d13213bf697d514
SHA1: 8ab797787453bc6da926f7423b5dbfeeb2d7030c
SHA256: ac83c53f58337af99a469b41fc65a684f18a7c79ee1612eeb11b973479f7e31a
Description-en: Mesa Off-screen rendering extension
OSmesa is a Mesa extension that allows programs to render to an
off-screen buffer using the OpenGL API without having to create a
rendering context on an X Server. It uses a pure software renderer.
.
This package provides both 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the off-screen
renderer which do not require external libraries to work.
Description-md5: e0dd0508dd95a809bb554369d28e278c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://mesa3d.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m