How To Install gem-plugin-vlc on Debian 10

Learn how to install gem-plugin-vlc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gem-plugin-vlc is Graphics Environment for Multimedia - VLC support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-vlc on Debian 10.

What is gem-plugin-vlc

gem-plugin-vlc is:

Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.

This package provides video capturing using the VideoLAN-Client engine

There are three methods to install gem-plugin-vlc 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 gem-plugin-vlc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-vlc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-vlc

Install gem-plugin-vlc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-vlc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-vlc

Install gem-plugin-vlc 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 gem-plugin-vlc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-vlc

How To Uninstall gem-plugin-vlc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gem-plugin-vlc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-vlc

Uninstall gem-plugin-vlc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-vlc

Remove gem-plugin-vlc Configurations and Data

To remove gem-plugin-vlc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-vlc

Remove gem-plugin-vlc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-vlc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-vlc

Dependencies

gem-plugin-vlc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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