How To Install gmpc-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmpc-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gmpc-plugins
gmpc-plugins is:
gmpc-plugins is a set of plugins that enhance functionality of the GNOME Music Player Clients. Plugins are:
- alarm, allows basic events to be scheduled
- avahi, zeroconf profile scanning
- coveramazon, disc cover fetcher from the internet
- jamendo, Jamendo stream browser
- lirc, remote control interface
- lyrics, a lyrics fetcher from multiple sources
- lyricwiki, add lyricwiki.org as lyrics source
- magnatune, Magnatune stream browser
- mdcover, display disc cover found in file metadata
- osd, On screen display using xosd
- shout, stream shout-cast
There are three methods to install gmpc-plugins 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 gmpc-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmpc-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmpc-plugins
Install gmpc-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmpc-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmpc-plugins
Install gmpc-plugins 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 gmpc-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmpc-plugins
How To Uninstall gmpc-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gmpc-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmpc-plugins
Uninstall gmpc-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmpc-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmpc-plugins
Remove gmpc-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove gmpc-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmpc-plugins
Remove gmpc-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmpc-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmpc-plugins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmpc-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
