How To Install gnash-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-tools on Debian 9.
What is gnash-tools
gnash-tools 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 includes command-line utilities based in Gnash.
There are three methods to install gnash-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnash-tools
Install gnash-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnash-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnash-tools
Install gnash-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnash-tools
How To Uninstall gnash-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnash-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnash-tools
Uninstall gnash-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnash-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnash-tools
Remove gnash-tools Configurations and Data
To remove gnash-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnash-tools
Remove gnash-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnash-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnash-tools
Dependencies
gnash-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
