How To Install openchrome-tool on Debian 10

Learn how to install openchrome-tool on Debian 10 with this tutorial. openchrome-tool is Tool for debugging the OpenChrome display driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openchrome-tool on Debian 10.

What is openchrome-tool

openchrome-tool is:

via_regs_dump is a registers dumper tool for debugging the OpenChrome driver. This tool can read and write registers and display some others information useful for debugging the driver.

There are three methods to install openchrome-tool on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openchrome-tool Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openchrome-tool

Install openchrome-tool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openchrome-tool

Install openchrome-tool 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 openchrome-tool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openchrome-tool

How To Uninstall openchrome-tool on Debian 10

To uninstall only the openchrome-tool package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openchrome-tool

Uninstall openchrome-tool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openchrome-tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openchrome-tool

Remove openchrome-tool Configurations and Data

To remove openchrome-tool configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openchrome-tool

Remove openchrome-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openchrome-tool

Dependencies

openchrome-tool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openchrome-tool package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.