How To Install dvb-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvb-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dvb-tools
dvb-tools is:
This is a series of tools written to help testing and working with DVB, using its latest V5 API. The tools can also work with the DVBv3 API.
The current tools are:
dvb-fe-tool: a simple test application, that reads from the frontend. it also allows one to change the default delivery system. In the future, it may be used to change any property via command line.
dvb-format-convert: converts from zap and scan initial-tuning-data-file into the new format defined to work with DVBv5.
dvbv5-scan: a DVBv5 scan tool.
dvbv5-zap: a DVBv5 zap tool. It allows one to tune into a DVB channel, and to watch to a DVB service (e. g. receiving the video and audio streams, via another application using the dvr device).
There are three methods to install dvb-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dvb-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dvb-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dvb-tools
Install dvb-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dvb-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dvb-tools
Install dvb-tools 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dvb-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dvb-tools
How To Uninstall dvb-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dvb-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dvb-tools
Uninstall dvb-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dvb-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvb-tools
Remove dvb-tools Configurations and Data
To remove dvb-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dvb-tools
Remove dvb-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dvb-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvb-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvb-tools
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.