How To Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Debian 9.
What is gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder is:
Gmerlin_avdecoder is a general purpose media decoding library. It was written as a support library for gmerlin, but it can also be used by other applications.
This package contains the decoder plugins for gmerlin that are based on Gmerlin_avdecoder.
There are three methods to install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder 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 gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder 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 gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
How To Uninstall gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Uninstall gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Configurations and Data
To remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Dependencies
gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.