How To Install gnash-ext-fileio on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-ext-fileio on Debian 9.
What is gnash-ext-fileio
gnash-ext-fileio 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 extension allows SWF files being played within Gnash to have direct access to the file system. The API is similar to the C library one.
There are three methods to install gnash-ext-fileio 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-ext-fileio 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-ext-fileio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnash-ext-fileio
Install gnash-ext-fileio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnash-ext-fileio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnash-ext-fileio
Install gnash-ext-fileio 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-ext-fileio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnash-ext-fileio
How To Uninstall gnash-ext-fileio on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnash-ext-fileio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnash-ext-fileio
Uninstall gnash-ext-fileio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnash-ext-fileio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnash-ext-fileio
Remove gnash-ext-fileio Configurations and Data
To remove gnash-ext-fileio configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnash-ext-fileio
Remove gnash-ext-fileio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnash-ext-fileio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnash-ext-fileio
Dependencies
gnash-ext-fileio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-ext-fileio package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.