How to Install Mesa Driver on Slackware Linux – Step by step

GNU/Linux Slackware Installing MESA Driver Guide

How to install or upgrade the MESA drivers on Slackware (14.2, 15.0 or later) – a step-by-step tutorial.

MESA on Slackware (Mesa3D) provides open-source implementations of OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenGL ES, OpenCL and other graphics APIs.

About MESA: The Mesa Project supplies unified GPU drivers for AMD/RADEON and Intel hardware. On Slackware these packages live in slackware64/extra (or slackware/extra on 32-bit).

⚠️ Important: Slackware’s default “nouveau” driver covers basic NVIDIA support. For full performance on modern NVIDIA cards, use the proprietary nvidia package from Slackware’s extra tree instead.

1. 1. Getting Started Slackpkg++

   How to Get Started with Slackware Package Manager

   Slackpkg Slackware QuickStart Guide

   Slackpkg Slackware Get Started Tutorial.