How To Install monado-service on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install monado-service on Debian 11. monado-service is Monado XR hardware and composition service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install monado-service on Debian 11.

What is monado-service

monado-service is:

Monado is an open-source package for interacting with virtual and augmented reality (collectively known as XR) hardware and software.

This package provides the service that provides the VR compositor and hardware drivers to Monado clients like libopenxr1-monado.

There are three methods to install monado-service on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install monado-service Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install monado-service using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install monado-service

Install monado-service Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install monado-service using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install monado-service

Install monado-service 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 monado-service using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install monado-service

How To Uninstall monado-service on Debian 11

To uninstall only the monado-service package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove monado-service

Uninstall monado-service And Its Dependencies

To uninstall monado-service and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove monado-service

Remove monado-service Configurations and Data

To remove monado-service configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge monado-service

Remove monado-service configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove monado-service configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monado-service

Dependencies

monado-service have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install monado-service package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.