How To Install libopenvr-api1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenvr-api1
on Debian 12.
What is libopenvr-api1
libopenvr-api1 is:
OpenVR is an API and runtime that allows access to VR hardware from multiple vendors without requiring that applications have specific knowledge of the hardware they are targeting. This repository is an SDK that contains the API and samples. The runtime is under SteamVR in Tools on Steam.
There are three methods to install libopenvr-api1
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenvr-api1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenvr-api1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenvr-api1
Install libopenvr-api1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenvr-api1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenvr-api1
Install libopenvr-api1 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 libopenvr-api1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenvr-api1
How To Uninstall libopenvr-api1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libopenvr-api1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenvr-api1
Uninstall libopenvr-api1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenvr-api1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenvr-api1
Remove libopenvr-api1 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenvr-api1
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenvr-api1
Remove libopenvr-api1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenvr-api1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenvr-api1
Dependencies
libopenvr-api1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenvr-api1
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.