How To Install vlc-plugin-qt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-qt on Debian 9.
What is vlc-plugin-qt
vlc-plugin-qt is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This package contains VLC’s Qt interface.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-qt 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 vlc-plugin-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-qt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-qt
Install vlc-plugin-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-qt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-qt
Install vlc-plugin-qt 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 vlc-plugin-qt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-qt
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-qt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-qt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-qt
Uninstall vlc-plugin-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-qt
Remove vlc-plugin-qt Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-qt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-qt
Remove vlc-plugin-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-qt
Dependencies
vlc-plugin-qt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-qt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
