How To Install device3dfx-source on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install device3dfx-source
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is device3dfx-source
device3dfx-source is:
This package is the source for the 3Dfx device driver to allow access to 3Dfx boards and setting its MTRR:s correctly without the user having root privileges.
It should work on Linux 2.2+ kernels, including SMP enabled kernels.
There are three methods to install device3dfx-source
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install device3dfx-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install device3dfx-source
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install device3dfx-source
Install device3dfx-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install device3dfx-source
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install device3dfx-source
Install device3dfx-source Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install device3dfx-source
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install device3dfx-source
How To Uninstall device3dfx-source on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the device3dfx-source
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove device3dfx-source
Uninstall device3dfx-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall device3dfx-source
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove device3dfx-source
Remove device3dfx-source Configurations and Data
To remove device3dfx-source
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge device3dfx-source
Remove device3dfx-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove device3dfx-source
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge device3dfx-source
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install device3dfx-source
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.