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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "mesa-common-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install mesa-common-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mesa-common-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mesa-common-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: mesa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3643
Depends: libx11-dev, libdrm-dev (>= 2.4.65)
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/mesa-common-dev_18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 542664
MD5sum: 2c2b8eb65667b0175bc3a558f374b338
SHA1: 0c97576e6a30ff00bd0cc08c8c34b4ef962d449e
SHA256: 39e43617d1e4ee3714cf219ec68adfc435d23ac7bea9ca3f970adcabe5154339
SHA512: 456031e1fd7033bc46296b600100021f71d5aa3302e73dfd8e18507fad0a6ef8b9059b283e999dca21e40da470cf3053edf34b4d4f18f6a6753ee188194d983c
Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/
Description-en: Developer documentation for Mesa
This package includes the specifications for the Mesa-specific OpenGL
extensions, the complete set of release notes and the development header
files common to all Mesa packages.
Description-md5: 0d9d46ba6861a0a8c404cf51db1e980d
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev
Supported: 5y

Package: mesa-common-dev
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 2953
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: mesa
Version: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
Depends: libx11-dev, libdrm-dev (>= 2.4.65)
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/mesa-common-dev_11.2.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 459546
MD5sum: c5cfb9bf4fa35d95e01e49c4fa542df7
SHA1: 5e38213c23437916b1793b6bc80842de9b5c4896
SHA256: 8cead7c47b58eece603fea5ad8651558727f0dc580e18b13b45a224ad9c7d398
Description-en: Developer documentation for Mesa
This package includes the specifications for the Mesa-specific OpenGL
extensions, the complete set of release notes and the development header
files common to all Mesa packages.
Description-md5: 0d9d46ba6861a0a8c404cf51db1e980d
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://mesa3d.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-dev