How To Install python3-streamlink on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-streamlink
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-streamlink
python3-streamlink is:
Streamlink is a CLI utility that pipes flash videos from online streaming services to a variety of video players such as VLC, or alternatively, a browser. The main purpose of streamlink is to convert CPU-heavy flash plugins to a less CPU-intensive format.
Streamlink is a fork of the Livestreamer project.
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This package makes Streamlink APIs accessible in Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-streamlink
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-streamlink Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-streamlink
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-streamlink
Install python3-streamlink Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-streamlink
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-streamlink
Install python3-streamlink 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 python3-streamlink
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-streamlink
How To Uninstall python3-streamlink on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-streamlink
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-streamlink
Uninstall python3-streamlink And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-streamlink
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-streamlink
Remove python3-streamlink Configurations and Data
To remove python3-streamlink
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-streamlink
Remove python3-streamlink configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-streamlink
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-streamlink
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-streamlink
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.