How To Install smtube on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtube on Debian 9. smtube is YouTube videos browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtube on Debian 9.

What is smtube

smtube is:

SMTube is a stand-alone graphical application which allows one to search and download Youtube videos. Although it is part of the SMPlayer project, it can be used with any multimedia player such as MPlayer, MPlayer2, VLC, Totem or Gnome-MPlayer.

There are three methods to install smtube on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install smtube Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smtube

Install smtube Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install smtube using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smtube

Install smtube 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 smtube using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smtube

How To Uninstall smtube on Debian 9

To uninstall only the smtube package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smtube

Uninstall smtube And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smtube and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smtube

Remove smtube Configurations and Data

To remove smtube configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smtube

Remove smtube configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smtube

Dependencies

smtube have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtube package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.