How To Install ustreamer on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ustreamer on Debian 11.
What is ustreamer
ustreamer is:
?Streamer is a lightweight and very quick server to stream MJPG video from any V4L2 device to the network. All new browsers have native support of this video format, as well as most video players such as mplayer, VLC etc. ?Streamer is a part of the Pi-KVM project designed to stream VGA and HDMI screencast hardware data with the highest resolution and FPS possible.
There are three methods to install ustreamer on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ustreamer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ustreamer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ustreamer
Install ustreamer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ustreamer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ustreamer
Install ustreamer 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 ustreamer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ustreamer
How To Uninstall ustreamer on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ustreamer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ustreamer
Uninstall ustreamer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ustreamer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ustreamer
Remove ustreamer Configurations and Data
To remove ustreamer configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ustreamer
Remove ustreamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ustreamer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ustreamer
Dependencies
ustreamer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ustreamer package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.