How To Install comskip on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install comskip on Debian 12.
What is comskip
comskip is:
Comskip is a commercial detector. It is a console application that reads a mpeg or h.264 file and analyses the content based on a large amount of configurable parameters. A gui is also provided.
After analysis it generates a file in various possible formats containing the location of the commercials inside the video file.
The formats include input files for interactive video editors (VideoRedo, Cuttermaran, Mpeg2Schnitt…) command line video cutters (mpgtx, cuttermaran, mencoder) and video players (zoomplayer, mplayer, …).
Comskip can read MPEG PS, TS, DVR-MS and WTV files up to UHD resolution (max 4000x2400) at various framerates (PAL and NTSC). Comskip can NOT read copy protected recordings.
There are three methods to install comskip on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install comskip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install comskip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install comskip
Install comskip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install comskip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install comskip
Install comskip 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 comskip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install comskip
How To Uninstall comskip on Debian 12
To uninstall only the comskip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove comskip
Uninstall comskip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall comskip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove comskip
Remove comskip Configurations and Data
To remove comskip configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge comskip
Remove comskip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove comskip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge comskip
Dependencies
comskip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install comskip package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.