How To Install mimms on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mimms on Debian 10.
What is mimms
mimms is:
mimms is a program designed to allow you to download streams using the MMS protocol and save them to your computer, as opposed to watching them live. Similar functionality is available in full media player suites such as Xine, MPlayer, and VLC, but mimms is quick and easy to use, and for the time being, remains a useful program.
There are three methods to install mimms 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 mimms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mimms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mimms
Install mimms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mimms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mimms
Install mimms 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 mimms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mimms
How To Uninstall mimms on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mimms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mimms
Uninstall mimms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mimms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mimms
Remove mimms Configurations and Data
To remove mimms configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mimms
Remove mimms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mimms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mimms
Dependencies
mimms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mimms package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.