How To Install phonon-backend-null on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon-backend-null on Debian 10.
What is phonon-backend-null
phonon-backend-null is:
Phonon is the Qt 4 multimedia API, which provides a task-oriented abstraction layer for capturing, mixing, processing, and playing audio and video content.
This package does not provide any real Phonon back-end. It can be used to disable Phonon audio/video capabilities. Please note that Phonon behavior with this package installed has not been well tested.
There are three methods to install phonon-backend-null on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install phonon-backend-null Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install phonon-backend-null using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install phonon-backend-null
Install phonon-backend-null Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install phonon-backend-null using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install phonon-backend-null
Install phonon-backend-null 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 phonon-backend-null using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phonon-backend-null
How To Uninstall phonon-backend-null on Debian 10
To uninstall only the phonon-backend-null package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove phonon-backend-null
Uninstall phonon-backend-null And Its Dependencies
To uninstall phonon-backend-null and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phonon-backend-null
Remove phonon-backend-null Configurations and Data
To remove phonon-backend-null configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge phonon-backend-null
Remove phonon-backend-null configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove phonon-backend-null configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phonon-backend-null
Dependencies
phonon-backend-null have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon-backend-null package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
