How To Install freevial on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freevial on Debian 9.
What is freevial
freevial is:
Freevial is a platform for trivia-like games, designed to be used on community events where ideally a projector and loudspeakers would be available.
It can be fully localized and themed and includes a customizable battery of questions (which are loaded from XML files) classified in ten different categories.
The game features amazing graphics, category selection in a gambling-machine like style, end screen, music and sounds, etc.
This package comes provisionally with a Catalan questions database.
There are three methods to install freevial on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freevial Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freevial using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freevial
Install freevial Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freevial using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freevial
Install freevial 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install freevial using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freevial
How To Uninstall freevial on Debian 9
To uninstall only the freevial package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freevial
Uninstall freevial And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freevial and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freevial
Remove freevial Configurations and Data
To remove freevial configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freevial
Remove freevial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freevial configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freevial
Dependencies
freevial have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freevial package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
