How To Install getstream on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install getstream
on Debian 9.
What is getstream
getstream is:
getstream is a small utility which is able to pull a MPEG transport stream from a DVB card and stream it to the local area network. It is written to replace VLC, and uses much less CPU and memory than VLC.
There are three methods to install getstream
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 getstream Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install getstream
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install getstream
Install getstream Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install getstream
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install getstream
Install getstream 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 getstream
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install getstream
How To Uninstall getstream on Debian 9
To uninstall only the getstream
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove getstream
Uninstall getstream And Its Dependencies
To uninstall getstream
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove getstream
Remove getstream Configurations and Data
To remove getstream
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge getstream
Remove getstream configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove getstream
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge getstream
Dependencies
getstream have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install getstream
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.