How To Install mvdsv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mvdsv on Debian 12.
What is mvdsv
mvdsv is:
MultiView Demo SerVer (mvdsv) has been the most popular QuakeWorld server in the world for the more than a decade because of its ability to record every player’s point of view in a server side demo and provide many different game modes to enjoy QuakeWorld with.
This package contains no data files. To use it, you will need either the commercial Quake 1 data, the shareware data (game-data-packager can be helpful), or free game data files such as OpenQuartz.
There are three methods to install mvdsv 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 mvdsv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mvdsv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mvdsv
Install mvdsv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mvdsv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mvdsv
Install mvdsv 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 mvdsv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mvdsv
How To Uninstall mvdsv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mvdsv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mvdsv
Uninstall mvdsv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mvdsv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mvdsv
Remove mvdsv Configurations and Data
To remove mvdsv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mvdsv
Remove mvdsv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mvdsv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mvdsv
Dependencies
mvdsv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mvdsv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
