How To Install cclive on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cclive on Debian 9.
What is cclive
cclive is:
cclive is a lightweight command line video extraction tool for Youtube and other similar video websites. It is a rewrite of the clive software in C++ with lower system footprint and fewer dependencies.
cclive is primarily a “video download tool” but it can also be used along side with video player software, like “mplayer”, for viewing streamed videos instead of the Adobe flash player.
There are three methods to install cclive on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cclive Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cclive using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cclive
Install cclive Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cclive using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cclive
Install cclive 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 cclive using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cclive
How To Uninstall cclive on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cclive package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cclive
Uninstall cclive And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cclive and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cclive
Remove cclive Configurations and Data
To remove cclive configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cclive
Remove cclive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cclive configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cclive
Dependencies
cclive have the following dependencies:
- dpkg
- libboost-date-time1.62.0
- libboost-filesystem1.62.0
- libboost-iostreams1.62.0
- libboost-program-options1.62.0
- libboost-system1.62.0
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libgcc1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cclive package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.