How To Install gmediarender on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmediarender on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gmediarender
gmediarender is:
gmediarender is a UPnP media renderer for POSIX-compliant systems, such as Linux or UNIX. It implements the server component that provides UPnP controllers a means to render media content (audio, video and images) from a UPnP media server.
gmrender-resurrect is a fork from GMediaRender which was abandoned upstream.
There are three methods to install gmediarender 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 gmediarender Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmediarender using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmediarender
Install gmediarender Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmediarender using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmediarender
Install gmediarender 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 gmediarender using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmediarender
How To Uninstall gmediarender on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gmediarender package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmediarender
Uninstall gmediarender And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmediarender and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmediarender
Remove gmediarender Configurations and Data
To remove gmediarender configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmediarender
Remove gmediarender configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmediarender configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmediarender
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmediarender package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.