Linuxslaves.com - Wondering how to install Mesa on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?. Well, you're on the right track!. Canonical's Timo Aaltonen has announced the latest stable of Mesa into Ubuntu-X Team PPA.
Mesa (also called Mesa3D and The Mesa 3D Graphics Library) is an open-source software implementation of the OpenGL, Vulkan and other specifications. It implements a cross-language, cross-platform (mostly BSD and Linux), vendor-neutral standard API for translating these specifications to diverse vendor-specific graphics hardware drivers.
Mesa (also called Mesa3D and The Mesa 3D Graphics Library) is an open-source software implementation of the OpenGL, Vulkan and other specifications. It implements a cross-language, cross-platform (mostly BSD and Linux), vendor-neutral standard API for translating these specifications to diverse vendor-specific graphics hardware drivers.
Update newer Mesa 18.2.2 is available.
In this release Mesa-dev have :
- r600 driver gets a fix for constant buffer boounds, which fixes rendering bugs in Trine and Witcher 1
- Several fixes for RADV driver: fixes around alpha channel in Pre-Vega, fix in multisample image copies, and fixes around multilayer images in compute path
- For the case of ANV/i965 drivers, also a couple of fixes, all of them around ISP. On top, there are a couple of fixes relative to code emission around 16-bit integers, and a a fix for a leak in blorp for Gen4 and Gen5
- Speaking of leaks, there are also fixes for winsys/radeon/amdgpu and pipe-loader.gets a couple of patches to fix a couple of leaks
- SPIR-V part gets a patch to apply OriginUpperLeft to FragCoord
- Mesa core gets a couple of patches to fix error handling in get_framebuffer_parameteriv, and to add missing support for glFogiv(GL_FOG_DISTANCE_MODE_NV)
Install Mesa 18.0.4 on Ubuntu 18.04 from a PPA
To install Mesa 18.0.4 on your Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver desktop you need to add the Ubuntu X PPA to your software sources.
Step 1 - Open terminal via app launcher or simply press Ctrl+Alt+T
Step 2 - Run the following command to add the Mesa PPA repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updatesType your password (no visual feedback) and press Enter continue
Step 3 - Once updated, you have to run :
sudo apt-get dist-upgradeStep 4 - Check your driver version :
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"Restore Changes
If things explode do not panic. You can restore to the previous version by using PPA-Purge :
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updatesNow reboot and log back in.
These were all how to install Mesa 18.0.4 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Thanks for reading!.