How To Install frei0r-plugins on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install frei0r-plugins on Debian 11. frei0r-plugins is minimalistic plugin API for video effects, plugins collection

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install frei0r-plugins on Debian 11.

What is frei0r-plugins

frei0r-plugins is:

frei0r is a minimalistic plugin API for video sources and filters. The behavior of the effects can be controlled from the host by simple parameters. The intent is to solve the recurring reimplementation or adaptation issue of standard effects. It is not meant as a generic API for all kinds of video applications.

frei0r plugins are used by several projects (e.g.: LiVES, Veejay, Open Movie Editor, FreeJ, Pure Data Visual Junk Tools, MLT framework).

This package contains a collection of plugins.

There are three methods to install frei0r-plugins on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install frei0r-plugins Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install frei0r-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install frei0r-plugins

Install frei0r-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install frei0r-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install frei0r-plugins

Install frei0r-plugins 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 frei0r-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install frei0r-plugins

How To Uninstall frei0r-plugins on Debian 11

To uninstall only the frei0r-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove frei0r-plugins

Uninstall frei0r-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall frei0r-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove frei0r-plugins

Remove frei0r-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove frei0r-plugins configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge frei0r-plugins

Remove frei0r-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove frei0r-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge frei0r-plugins

Dependencies

frei0r-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install frei0r-plugins package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.