How To Install gstreamer1.0-packagekit on Debian 10

Learn how to install gstreamer1.0-packagekit on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gstreamer1.0-packagekit is GStreamer plugin to install codecs using PackageKit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-packagekit on Debian 10.

What is gstreamer1.0-packagekit

gstreamer1.0-packagekit is:

PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.

This package provides a plugin for the GStreamer multimedia framework to search and to install audio and video codecs.

There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-packagekit 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 gstreamer1.0-packagekit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-packagekit using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-packagekit

Install gstreamer1.0-packagekit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-packagekit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-packagekit

Install gstreamer1.0-packagekit 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 gstreamer1.0-packagekit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-packagekit

How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-packagekit on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-packagekit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit

Uninstall gstreamer1.0-packagekit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gstreamer1.0-packagekit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-packagekit

Remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit Configurations and Data

To remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-packagekit

Remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-packagekit

Dependencies

gstreamer1.0-packagekit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-packagekit package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.