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Force software based opengl rendering

How may I force an application to use software based opengl rendering on Ubuntu?

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"If you use NVIDIA drivers by default, then you also need __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa (in addition to LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1). I tested on fully updated Arch Linux (NVIDIA 470.57.02).
env __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 glxinfo"