{"id":7785,"date":"2018-05-27T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T14:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7785"},"modified":"2018-05-27T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T14:57:27","slug":"install-mesa-18-0-4-ubuntu-18-04-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/install-mesa-18-0-4-ubuntu-18-04-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Mesa 18.0.4 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For those who want to install the latest Mesa 3D graphics driver 18.0.4, Canonical\u2019s Timo Aaltonen has made it into Ubuntu-X Team PPA<\/a> for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.<\/p>\n

Mesa 18.0.4 is so far the latest stable release that was announced<\/a> a few weeks ago:<\/p>\n

“r600 driver gets a fix for constant buffer boounds, which fixes rendering bugs in Trine and Witcher 1.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

SPIR-V part gets a patch to apply OriginUpperLeft to FragCoord.<\/p>\n

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).”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

1.<\/b> Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for ‘Terminal’ from software launcher. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat\/updates<\/pre>\n
Type your password (no asterisks while typing due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n
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2.<\/b> After adding the PPA, do system update via command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade<\/pre>\n
apt-get update<\/code> is not required any more in Ubuntu 18.04 since adding PPA automatically refreshes system repositories.<\/i><\/p>\n
3.<\/b> Finally check your driver version via command:<\/p>\n
glxinfo | grep \"OpenGL version\"<\/pre>\n
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Uninstall:<\/h4>\n
To restore changes and downgrade to the default drives shipped in Ubuntu 18.04, run command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat\/updates<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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