How To Install zapping on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install zapping on Debian 9. zapping is television viewer for the GNOME environment

Introduction

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

What is zapping

zapping is:

It is based on plugins. This will make it easy to add functionality to the program, without making it hard to maintain, such as saving video as AVI/MPEG, viewing mirrored TV (scanning from right to left) or whatever you can imagine (and program).

There are three methods to install zapping 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 zapping Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zapping

Install zapping Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zapping

Install zapping 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 zapping using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zapping

How To Uninstall zapping on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove zapping

Uninstall zapping And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zapping

Remove zapping Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zapping

Remove zapping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zapping

Dependencies

zapping have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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