How To Install freeplayer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeplayer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is freeplayer
freeplayer is:
Freeplayer is a helper tool to allow the French ADSL FreeBox to use vlc and play/display the content of your computer on the TV linked to the FreeBox.
This package is useless without a FreeBox, ie the modem of the French ADSL IP provider “Free” (http://www.free.fr)
There are three methods to install freeplayer on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freeplayer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freeplayer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeplayer
Install freeplayer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeplayer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeplayer
Install freeplayer 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 freeplayer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeplayer
How To Uninstall freeplayer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the freeplayer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeplayer
Uninstall freeplayer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeplayer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeplayer
Remove freeplayer Configurations and Data
To remove freeplayer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeplayer
Remove freeplayer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeplayer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeplayer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeplayer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
