How To Install libgmerlin2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgmerlin2
on Debian 12.
What is libgmerlin2
libgmerlin2 is:
Gmerlin is a multiformat media player with tree-like virtual directory structure, where you can save your files, webstreams or whatever. It handles even large media collections gracefully. Hardware devices appear also in the tree so you can open Audio-CDs, (S)VCDs, DVDs and DVB-broadcasts.
This package contains the files needed to run a program compiled using libgmerlin.
There are three methods to install libgmerlin2
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgmerlin2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgmerlin2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgmerlin2
Install libgmerlin2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgmerlin2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgmerlin2
Install libgmerlin2 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 libgmerlin2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgmerlin2
How To Uninstall libgmerlin2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgmerlin2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgmerlin2
Uninstall libgmerlin2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgmerlin2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgmerlin2
Remove libgmerlin2 Configurations and Data
To remove libgmerlin2
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgmerlin2
Remove libgmerlin2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgmerlin2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgmerlin2
Dependencies
libgmerlin2 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdbus-1-3
- libfontconfig1
- libgavl2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libgl1
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libjson-c5
- libncursesw6
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libsqlite3-0
- libtinfo6
- libuuid1
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- libxfixes3
- libxinerama1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgmerlin2
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.