How To Install libgroupsock8 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgroupsock8 on Debian 9. libgroupsock8 is multimedia RTSP streaming library (network interfaces and sockets)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgroupsock8 on Debian 9.

What is libgroupsock8

libgroupsock8 is:

The live555.com streaming media code is a set of C++ libraries for multimedia streaming, using open standard protocols (RTP/RTCP, RTSP, SIP). These libraries can be used to build applications to stream, receive and process MPEG, H.263+ or JPEG video, several audio codecs, and can easily be extended to support additional codecs. They can also be used to build basic RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) or SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) clients and servers.

This package contains the groupsock library. The classes in this library encapsulate network interfaces and sockets. In particular, the “Groupsock” class encapsulates a socket for sending (and/or receiving) multicast datagrams.

There are three methods to install libgroupsock8 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 libgroupsock8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgroupsock8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgroupsock8

Install libgroupsock8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgroupsock8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgroupsock8

Install libgroupsock8 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 libgroupsock8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgroupsock8

How To Uninstall libgroupsock8 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgroupsock8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgroupsock8

Uninstall libgroupsock8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgroupsock8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgroupsock8

Remove libgroupsock8 Configurations and Data

To remove libgroupsock8 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgroupsock8

Remove libgroupsock8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgroupsock8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgroupsock8

Dependencies

libgroupsock8 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgroupsock8 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.