How To Install gem-plugin-gmerlin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-gmerlin on Debian 9.
What is gem-plugin-gmerlin
gem-plugin-gmerlin is:
Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.
This package provides film/movie decoding using the gmerlin-avdecoder library.
There are three methods to install gem-plugin-gmerlin 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 gem-plugin-gmerlin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-gmerlin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-gmerlin
Install gem-plugin-gmerlin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-gmerlin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-gmerlin
Install gem-plugin-gmerlin 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 gem-plugin-gmerlin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-gmerlin
How To Uninstall gem-plugin-gmerlin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gem-plugin-gmerlin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-gmerlin
Uninstall gem-plugin-gmerlin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gem-plugin-gmerlin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-gmerlin
Remove gem-plugin-gmerlin Configurations and Data
To remove gem-plugin-gmerlin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-gmerlin
Remove gem-plugin-gmerlin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-gmerlin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-gmerlin
Dependencies
gem-plugin-gmerlin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-gmerlin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.