How To Install xserver-xorg-video-glide on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-glide
on Debian 11.
What is xserver-xorg-video-glide
xserver-xorg-video-glide is:
This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description) provides support for Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 2 boards.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This package is built from the X.org xf86-video-glide driver module.
You will need the /dev/3dfx kernel driver to use this video driver.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-glide
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 xserver-xorg-video-glide Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-glide
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-glide
Install xserver-xorg-video-glide Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-glide
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-glide
Install xserver-xorg-video-glide 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 xserver-xorg-video-glide
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-glide
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-glide on Debian 11
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-glide
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-glide
Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-glide And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-glide
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-video-glide
Remove xserver-xorg-video-glide Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-video-glide
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-glide
Remove xserver-xorg-video-glide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-glide
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-glide
Dependencies
xserver-xorg-video-glide have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-glide
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.