How To Install libgstreamer1-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgstreamer1-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgstreamer1-perl
libgstreamer1-perl is:
GStreamer1 implements a framework that allows for processing and encoding of multimedia sources in a manner similar to a shell pipeline.
Because it’s introspection-based, most of the classes follow directly from the C API. Therefore, most of the documentation is by example rather than a full breakdown of the class structure.
There are three methods to install libgstreamer1-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgstreamer1-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgstreamer1-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgstreamer1-perl
Install libgstreamer1-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgstreamer1-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgstreamer1-perl
Install libgstreamer1-perl 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 libgstreamer1-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgstreamer1-perl
How To Uninstall libgstreamer1-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgstreamer1-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgstreamer1-perl
Uninstall libgstreamer1-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgstreamer1-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgstreamer1-perl
Remove libgstreamer1-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libgstreamer1-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgstreamer1-perl
Remove libgstreamer1-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgstreamer1-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgstreamer1-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgstreamer1-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
