How To Install fbtv on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fbtv
on Debian 9.
What is fbtv
fbtv is:
FbTV is a Linux framebuffer application which displays television channels. It supports video4linux devices and requires a framebuffer device (vesafb, matroxfb, atyfb, etc.).
There are three methods to install fbtv
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 fbtv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fbtv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fbtv
Install fbtv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fbtv
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fbtv
Install fbtv 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 fbtv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fbtv
How To Uninstall fbtv on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fbtv
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fbtv
Uninstall fbtv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fbtv
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fbtv
Remove fbtv Configurations and Data
To remove fbtv
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fbtv
Remove fbtv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fbtv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fbtv
Dependencies
fbtv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fbtv
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.