How To Install dragonplayer on Debian 10

Learn how to install dragonplayer on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dragonplayer is simple video player

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dragonplayer on Debian 10.

What is dragonplayer

dragonplayer is:

A video player with a different philosophy: Simple, uncluttered interface.

Features:

  • Plays DVDs, VCDs, all video formats supported by the Phonon backend in use.
  • Bundled with a simple web-page KPart.
  • Starts quickly.

This package is part of the KDE multimedia module.

There are three methods to install dragonplayer on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dragonplayer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dragonplayer

Install dragonplayer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dragonplayer

Install dragonplayer 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 dragonplayer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dragonplayer

How To Uninstall dragonplayer on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove dragonplayer

Uninstall dragonplayer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dragonplayer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dragonplayer

Remove dragonplayer Configurations and Data

To remove dragonplayer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dragonplayer

Remove dragonplayer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dragonplayer

Dependencies

dragonplayer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dragonplayer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.