How To Install python-mpegdash on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-mpegdash on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-mpegdash is Python MPEG-DASH parser - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpegdash on Debian 10.

What is python-mpegdash

python-mpegdash is:

mpd library can load and parse MPEG-DASH MPD(Media Presentation Description) metafile

The basic usage is to create a metafile object from uri, file path or directly from a string.

This package contains the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-mpegdash 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 python-mpegdash 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-mpegdash using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-mpegdash

Install python-mpegdash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mpegdash

Install python-mpegdash 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 python-mpegdash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-mpegdash

How To Uninstall python-mpegdash on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-mpegdash package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-mpegdash

Uninstall python-mpegdash And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-mpegdash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mpegdash

Remove python-mpegdash Configurations and Data

To remove python-mpegdash configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mpegdash

Remove python-mpegdash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mpegdash

Dependencies

python-mpegdash have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpegdash package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.