How To Install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl on Ubuntu 18.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl

gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl is:

Player backends are responsible for playing the actual video streams. Different player backends use different libraries to do this. This player backend uses GStreamer and OpenGL.

There are three methods to install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl 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 gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl

Install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl

Install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl 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 gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl

How To Uninstall gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl

Uninstall gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl

Remove gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl

Remove gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl

References

• gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl website
• gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-twitch-player-backend-gstreamer-opengl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.