catdvi software package provides DVI to plain text translator, you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install catdvi
catdvi is installed in your system.
Make ensure the catdvi package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep catdvi *
You will get with catdvi package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | TeX |
| Package | catdvi |
| Version | 0.14-12.1 |
| Description | DVI to plain text translator |
| Sub Section | TeX |