How To Install gnash-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-doc on Debian 9. gnash-doc is GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - API documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-doc on Debian 9.

What is gnash-doc

gnash-doc is:

GNU Gnash is a free GPL’d SWF player. It runs as a standalone application on either the desktop or embedded devices, or may be used as a plugin for several popular browsers. It supports playing media from a disk or streaming over a network connection.

GNU Gnash is based on GameSWF and supports most SWF v7 features and some SWF v8 and v9. SWF v10 is not supported by GNU Gnash.

Included in the Gnash is an XML based messaging system, as specified in the SWF specification. This lets a SWF animation communicate over a TCP/IP socket, and parse the incoming XML message. This lets an animation be a remote control for other devices or applications.

This package contains the API documentation for Gnash.

There are three methods to install gnash-doc 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 gnash-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnash-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnash-doc

Install gnash-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnash-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnash-doc

Install gnash-doc 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 gnash-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnash-doc

How To Uninstall gnash-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gnash-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnash-doc

Uninstall gnash-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnash-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnash-doc

Remove gnash-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gnash-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnash-doc

Remove gnash-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnash-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnash-doc

Dependencies

gnash-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.