How To Install librtmp-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install librtmp-dev on Debian 9. librtmp-dev is toolkit for RTMP streams (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librtmp-dev on Debian 9.

What is librtmp-dev

librtmp-dev is:

A small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP protocol (like BBC’s iPlayer high quality streams). Supplying an RTMP URL will result in a dumped flv file, which can be played/transcoded with standard tools.

This package contains the development libraries, header files needed by programs that want to compile with librtmp.

There are three methods to install librtmp-dev 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 librtmp-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install librtmp-dev

Install librtmp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librtmp-dev

Install librtmp-dev 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 librtmp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librtmp-dev

How To Uninstall librtmp-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the librtmp-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librtmp-dev

Uninstall librtmp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librtmp-dev

Remove librtmp-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librtmp-dev

Remove librtmp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librtmp-dev

Dependencies

librtmp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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