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Asked: 2017-12-31 07:56:29 +0800 CST

How to install mesa 17.3.1 on ubuntu 16.04?

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So I'm using Godot game engine on Ubuntu, but I'm having a problem with OpenGL, google led me to this issue:

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/8700

which confirmed that it's a driver issue and is fixed in mesa 17.3.1.

But I haven't figure out how to install it, I tried:

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

then

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

but now I'm only getting

OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.4

I've compiled 17.3.1 from source, but I didn't figure how to install it.

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  1. Best Answer

    The PPA you've added has this in its description:

    This PPA is for stable upstream releases of X.org components. If you're looking for something even more bleeding-edge, please see the xorg-edgers PPA.

    ...and indeed xorg-edgers PPA contains mesa 17.3.1 for 16.04.

    You can add it with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa.

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