How to Install libgl1-mesa-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libgl1-mesa-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libgl1-mesa-dev software package provides free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX development files, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev 

libgl1-mesa-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libgl1-mesa-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgl1-mesa-dev *

You will get with libgl1-mesa-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libgl1-mesa-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libgl1-mesa-dev
Version 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
Description free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX development files
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libgl1-mesa-dev software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?