How To Install libmediastreamer-base3 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediastreamer-base3 on Debian 9. libmediastreamer-base3 is Linphone web phones media library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediastreamer-base3 on Debian 9.

What is libmediastreamer-base3

libmediastreamer-base3 is:

Linphone is an audio and video internet phone using the SIP protocol. It has a GTK+ and console interface, includes a large variety of audio and video codecs, and provides IM features.

This package contains the shared runtime libraries for handling media operations.

There are three methods to install libmediastreamer-base3 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 libmediastreamer-base3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmediastreamer-base3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmediastreamer-base3

Install libmediastreamer-base3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmediastreamer-base3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmediastreamer-base3

Install libmediastreamer-base3 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 libmediastreamer-base3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmediastreamer-base3

How To Uninstall libmediastreamer-base3 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmediastreamer-base3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmediastreamer-base3

Uninstall libmediastreamer-base3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmediastreamer-base3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmediastreamer-base3

Remove libmediastreamer-base3 Configurations and Data

To remove libmediastreamer-base3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmediastreamer-base3

Remove libmediastreamer-base3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmediastreamer-base3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmediastreamer-base3

Dependencies

libmediastreamer-base3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediastreamer-base3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.