How To Install mediascanner2.0 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mediascanner2.0 on Debian 12.
What is mediascanner2.0
mediascanner2.0 is:
Media Scanner 2.0 is a user session D-Bus services that scans files (and etects changes) in the user’s home directory relevant for media apps (such as the gallery app, the music player app, the mediaplayer app, etc.).
This package provides the media scanner D-Bus service.
There are three methods to install mediascanner2.0 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 mediascanner2.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mediascanner2.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mediascanner2.0
Install mediascanner2.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mediascanner2.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mediascanner2.0
Install mediascanner2.0 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 mediascanner2.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mediascanner2.0
How To Uninstall mediascanner2.0 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mediascanner2.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mediascanner2.0
Uninstall mediascanner2.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mediascanner2.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mediascanner2.0
Remove mediascanner2.0 Configurations and Data
To remove mediascanner2.0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mediascanner2.0
Remove mediascanner2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mediascanner2.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mediascanner2.0
Dependencies
mediascanner2.0 have the following dependencies:
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- dbus
- init-system-helpers
- libapparmor1
- libc6
- libdbus-cpp5
- libexif12
- libgcc-s1
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libmediascanner-2.0-4
- libstdc++6
- libtag1v5
- libudisks2-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mediascanner2.0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
