How To Install gmlive on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmlive on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gmlive
gmlive is:
gmlive is a mplayer frontend designed to play live video. It provides simple user interface for playing video, and is able to play several live video stream including PPStream and PPLive when the non-free library from the service provider is available.
There are three methods to install gmlive 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 gmlive Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmlive using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmlive
Install gmlive Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmlive using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmlive
Install gmlive 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 gmlive using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmlive
How To Uninstall gmlive on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gmlive package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmlive
Uninstall gmlive And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmlive and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmlive
Remove gmlive Configurations and Data
To remove gmlive configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmlive
Remove gmlive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmlive configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmlive
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmlive package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.