How To Install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer on Debian 9. fso-deviced-player-gstreamer is GStreamer player module for fso-deviced

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer on Debian 9.

What is fso-deviced-player-gstreamer

fso-deviced-player-gstreamer is:

fsodeviced implements the freesmartphone.org Device API.

This API allows peripheral control, such as managing audio, backlight brightness, LEDs, Vibrator, Accelerometer, and power control for devices without dedicated controlling daemon. It can deal with charging notification and RTC, forwarding button events and notifying about the system’s idleness status.

This package contains the GStreamer player module used by fso-deviced.

There are three methods to install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer 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 fso-deviced-player-gstreamer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer

Install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer

Install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer 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 fso-deviced-player-gstreamer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer

How To Uninstall fso-deviced-player-gstreamer on Debian 9

To uninstall only the fso-deviced-player-gstreamer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fso-deviced-player-gstreamer

Uninstall fso-deviced-player-gstreamer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fso-deviced-player-gstreamer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fso-deviced-player-gstreamer

Remove fso-deviced-player-gstreamer Configurations and Data

To remove fso-deviced-player-gstreamer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fso-deviced-player-gstreamer

Remove fso-deviced-player-gstreamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fso-deviced-player-gstreamer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fso-deviced-player-gstreamer

Dependencies

fso-deviced-player-gstreamer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fso-deviced-player-gstreamer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.