How To Install uxplay on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uxplay on Debian 12.
What is uxplay
uxplay is:
This lets you use AirPlay mirroring on your computer. Its main use is to act like an AppleTV for screen-mirroring (with audio) of iOS/macOS clients (iPads, iPhones, MacBooks) in a window on the server display on a host running Linux, macOS, or other unix, using Apple’s AirPlay Mirror protocol first available in iOS 5.
There are three methods to install uxplay on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install uxplay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uxplay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uxplay
Install uxplay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uxplay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uxplay
Install uxplay 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 uxplay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uxplay
How To Uninstall uxplay on Debian 12
To uninstall only the uxplay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uxplay
Uninstall uxplay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uxplay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uxplay
Remove uxplay Configurations and Data
To remove uxplay configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uxplay
Remove uxplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uxplay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uxplay
Dependencies
uxplay have the following dependencies:
- libavahi-compat-libdnssd1
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libplist3
- libssl3
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uxplay package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
