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How to Install Mesa 19.0.8 in Ubuntu 18.04 / 19.04

Last updated: July 18, 2019

Mesa 3D graphics library 19.0.8 now is available to install in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04 via PPA repository.

For those sticking to the open-source RadeonSI / RADV / Intel / Nouveau drivers, Mesa 19.0.8 is the latest bug-fix release for 19.0 series which fixes a critical bug found in the 19.0.7 release.

Canonical’s Timo Aaltonen has made Mesa 19.0.8 package into “Ubuntu-X” team PPA for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 19.04.

To get better open-source graphics driver performance, you may install Mesa 19.0.8 via following steps:

1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or from software launcher. When it opens, run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.

2. After adding the PPA, do system update via command:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

apt-get update is not required any more in Ubuntu 18.04 since adding PPA automatically refreshes system package cache.

3. Finally check your driver version via command:

glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"

Uninstall:

To restore changes and downgrade to the default drives shipped in Ubuntu 18.04, run command:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates
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    3 responses to How to Install Mesa 19.0.8 in Ubuntu 18.04 / 19.04

    1. Michael Coyle July 19, 2019 at 1:28 pm

      Thanks! I updated and saw quite an increase in gtkperf number from version 19.0.2 to 19.0.8.

    2. Joe Baker July 24, 2019 at 2:06 am

      Unfortunately it still shows opengl version 3.1 . I need at least 3.2 for OpenBroadcast Studio to run. This is the info I’m getting from the glx gears command that it’s still at opengl version 3.1

    3. Jay E. February 3, 2020 at 5:48 pm

      Greetings!
      I get an error on a Radeon 7750 (Cape Verde) GPU.
      I have tried the proposed changes for Ubuntu 18.04 . Preoblem remains. Description in https://einsteinathome.org/content/issues-ubuntu-and-amd-southern-island-cards#comment-175464

      Please help.