How To Install dvbcut on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvbcut on Debian 11.
What is dvbcut
dvbcut is:
DVBcut is a Qt application that allows you to select certain parts of an MPEG transport stream (as received via Digital Video Broadcasting, DVB) and save these parts into a single MPEG output file. It follows a `keyhole surgery’’ approach where the input video and audio data is mostly kept unchanged, and only very few frames at the beginning and/or end of the selected range are re-encoded in order to obtain a valid MPEG file.
There are three methods to install dvbcut on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dvbcut Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dvbcut using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dvbcut
Install dvbcut Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dvbcut using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dvbcut
Install dvbcut 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 dvbcut using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dvbcut
How To Uninstall dvbcut on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dvbcut package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dvbcut
Uninstall dvbcut And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dvbcut and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvbcut
Remove dvbcut Configurations and Data
To remove dvbcut configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dvbcut
Remove dvbcut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dvbcut configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvbcut
Dependencies
dvbcut have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvbcut package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
