How To Install python-librtmp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-librtmp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-librtmp
python-librtmp is:
librtmp allows one to dump the media content streamed over the RTMP protocol.
This package provides the binding for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-librtmp 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 python-librtmp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-librtmp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-librtmp
Install python-librtmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-librtmp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-librtmp
Install python-librtmp 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 python-librtmp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-librtmp
How To Uninstall python-librtmp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-librtmp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-librtmp
Uninstall python-librtmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-librtmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-librtmp
Remove python-librtmp Configurations and Data
To remove python-librtmp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-librtmp
Remove python-librtmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-librtmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-librtmp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-librtmp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
