How To Install mpv on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpv on Debian 11. mpv is video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpv on Debian 11.

What is mpv

mpv is:

mpv is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

Changes from mplayer2 to mpv include:

  • Removal of lots of unneeded code to encourage developer activity
  • Better OSD rendering
  • Cleaned up terminal output
  • Improved OpenGL output
  • Encoding functionality (replacement for mencoder)
  • Wayland support
  • Support for playing URLs of popular streaming sites
  • Screenshot improvements
  • … See mpv(1) for more info regarding changes between MPlayer, mplayer2 and mpv.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mpv

Install mpv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mpv

Install mpv 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 mpv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mpv

How To Uninstall mpv on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove mpv

Uninstall mpv And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mpv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpv

Remove mpv Configurations and Data

To remove mpv configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mpv

Remove mpv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpv

Dependencies

mpv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpv package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.