How To Install gnash-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-dev on Debian 9.
What is gnash-dev
gnash-dev is:
GNU Gnash is a free GPL’d SWF player. It runs as a standalone application on either the desktop or embedded devices, or may be used as a plugin for several popular browsers. It supports playing media from a disk or streaming over a network connection.
GNU Gnash is based on GameSWF and supports most SWF v7 features and some SWF v8 and v9. SWF v10 is not supported by GNU Gnash.
Included in the Gnash is an XML based messaging system, as specified in the SWF specification. This lets a SWF animation communicate over a TCP/IP socket, and parse the incoming XML message. This lets an animation be a remote control for other devices or applications.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install gnash-dev 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 gnash-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnash-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnash-dev
Install gnash-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnash-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnash-dev
Install gnash-dev 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 gnash-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnash-dev
How To Uninstall gnash-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnash-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnash-dev
Uninstall gnash-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnash-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnash-dev
Remove gnash-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gnash-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnash-dev
Remove gnash-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnash-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnash-dev
Dependencies
gnash-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
