How To Install python-mpegdash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpegdash on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpegdash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
