How To Install dvgrab on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvgrab on Debian 9.
What is dvgrab
dvgrab is:
dvgrab receives audio and video data from a digital camcorder via an IEEE1394 (widely known as FireWire) or USB link and stores them into one of several file formats. It features autosplit of long video sequences, and supports saving the data as raw frames, AVI type 1, AVI type 2, Quicktime DV, a series of JPEG stills or MPEG2-TS.
There are three methods to install dvgrab 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 dvgrab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dvgrab using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dvgrab
Install dvgrab Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dvgrab using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dvgrab
Install dvgrab 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 dvgrab using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dvgrab
How To Uninstall dvgrab on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dvgrab package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dvgrab
Uninstall dvgrab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dvgrab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvgrab
Remove dvgrab Configurations and Data
To remove dvgrab configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dvgrab
Remove dvgrab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dvgrab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvgrab
Dependencies
dvgrab have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvgrab package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.