How To Install zapping on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zapping on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zapping
Remove zapping Configurations and Data
To remove zapping configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zapping package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
