How To Install libdlna-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdlna-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libdlna-dev
libdlna-dev is:
The reference open-source implementation of DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standards. The primary goal is to provide DLNA support to uShare, an embedded UPnP A/V Media Server, but will be used to build both DLNA servers and players.
libdlna relies on FFMPEG libraries (libavformat and libavcodec) to handle and demux A/V streams.
The libdlna-dev package contains the header files, and debug versions of library.
There are three methods to install libdlna-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdlna-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 libdlna-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdlna-dev
Install libdlna-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdlna-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdlna-dev
Install libdlna-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libdlna-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdlna-dev
How To Uninstall libdlna-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libdlna-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdlna-dev
Uninstall libdlna-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdlna-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdlna-dev
Remove libdlna-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdlna-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdlna-dev
Remove libdlna-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdlna-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdlna-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdlna-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
