How To Install dtv-scan-tables on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dtv-scan-tables on Debian 10.
What is dtv-scan-tables
dtv-scan-tables is:
Initial setup tables for use with DVB devices supporting the DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-S, and ATSC standards.
These scan tables were once provided as part of the dvb-apps package, however upstream has since decided to split the scan tables out into their own separate dtv-scan-tables repository to ease maintenance of both packages.
Contains DVB-C scan tables for the following countries: Austria Belgium Brazil Switzerland Czech Republic Germany Denmark Spain Finland France Hungary Iceland Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden
Contains DVB-S scan tables for the following providers: ABS Agila Amazonas AMC Amos Anik F1 Apstar AsiaSat Astra Atlantic Bird BrasilSAT ChinaSat Estrela do Sul Eurobird Eutelsat Express Galaxy Hispasat Hotbird IA-7 Insat Intelsat JCSat Measat Nahuel Nilesat NSS Optus Palapa PAS Satmex SBS 6 SES 2 Sirius ST 1 Telecom2 Telkom1 Telstar Thaicom Thor Turkstat Vinasat 1 Yamal 201
Contains DVB-T scan tables for the following countries: Andorra Argentina Austria Australia ?land Islands Belgium Brazil Switzerland Czech Republic Germany Denmark Spain Finland France Greece Hong Kong Croatia Hungary Ireland Israel Iran, Islamic Republic of Iceland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Netherlands Norway New Zealand Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Slovenia Slovakia United Kingdom Taiwan, Province of China Vietnam
Contains ATSC scan tables for the following countries: United States
There are three methods to install dtv-scan-tables 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 dtv-scan-tables Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dtv-scan-tables using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dtv-scan-tables
Install dtv-scan-tables Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dtv-scan-tables using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dtv-scan-tables
Install dtv-scan-tables 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 dtv-scan-tables using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dtv-scan-tables
How To Uninstall dtv-scan-tables on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dtv-scan-tables package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dtv-scan-tables
Uninstall dtv-scan-tables And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dtv-scan-tables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dtv-scan-tables
Remove dtv-scan-tables Configurations and Data
To remove dtv-scan-tables configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dtv-scan-tables
Remove dtv-scan-tables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dtv-scan-tables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dtv-scan-tables
Dependencies
dtv-scan-tables have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dtv-scan-tables package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.