How To Install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome on Debian 9.
What is xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome is:
OpenChrome is a project for the development of free and open-source drivers for the VIA UniChrome video chipsets.
Originally called the ‘snapshot’ release, since it was a snapshot of an experimental branch of the unichrome cvs code, this is a continued development of the open source unichrome driver (from http://unichrome.sf.net) which also incorporates support for the unichrome-pro chipsets.
Support for hardware acceleration (XvMC) for all chipsets has subsequently been ripped out of the unichrome.sf.net driver. Therefore your only option if you wish to make use of the acceleration features of your VIA chip with free and open-source drivers is to use this version of the driver.
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome on Debian 9. 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-openchrome 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-openchrome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
Install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
Install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 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-openchrome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-openchrome on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-openchrome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-openchrome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-video-openchrome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
Remove xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-video-openchrome configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
Remove xserver-xorg-video-openchrome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-video-openchrome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
Dependencies
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.