How To Install libemotion-players on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemotion-players on Ubuntu 20.04. libemotion-players is EFL additional loaders for Emotion

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemotion-players on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libemotion-players

libemotion-players is:

This package contains programs that allow Emotion to use libvlc to access additional formats for which it has no built-in support.

This is part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).

There are three methods to install libemotion-players on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libemotion-players Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libemotion-players using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libemotion-players

Install libemotion-players Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libemotion-players using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libemotion-players

Install libemotion-players 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 libemotion-players using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libemotion-players

How To Uninstall libemotion-players on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libemotion-players package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libemotion-players

Uninstall libemotion-players And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libemotion-players and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libemotion-players

Remove libemotion-players Configurations and Data

To remove libemotion-players configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libemotion-players

Remove libemotion-players configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libemotion-players configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libemotion-players

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemotion-players package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.