How To Install grilo-plugins-0.3-base on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install grilo-plugins-0.3-base on Ubuntu 18.04. grilo-plugins-0.3-base is Framework for discovering and browsing media - Plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grilo-plugins-0.3-base on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is grilo-plugins-0.3-base

grilo-plugins-0.3-base is:

Grilo is a framework focused on making media discovery and browsing easy for application developers.

More precisely, Grilo provides:

  • A single, high-level API that abstracts the differences among various media content providers, allowing application developers to integrate content from various services and sources easily.
  • A collection of plugins for accessing content from various media providers. Developers can share efforts and code by writing plugins for the framework that are application agnostic.
  • A flexible API that allows plugin developers to write plugins of various kinds.

This package contains these plugins officially distributed with Grilo:

  • Bookmarks
  • Filesystem
  • Gravatar
  • Jamendo
  • Local metadata (album art and thumbnails)
  • Metadata Store
  • OpenSubtitles
  • Optical Media
  • Rai.tv
  • SHOUTcast
  • TheTVDB
  • Tracker
  • Lua Factory, with these Lua scripts:
    • Acoustid
    • Apple Movie Trailers
    • Euronews
    • The Guardian Videos
    • iTunes Podcast
    • Last.fm Cover
    • Metrolyrics
    • Musicbrainz Cover Art
    • Pocket
    • Radio France
    • Spotify Cover
    • TheGamesDB.net
    • Video title parsing

There are three methods to install grilo-plugins-0.3-base 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 grilo-plugins-0.3-base Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install grilo-plugins-0.3-base using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install grilo-plugins-0.3-base

Install grilo-plugins-0.3-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grilo-plugins-0.3-base using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grilo-plugins-0.3-base

Install grilo-plugins-0.3-base 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 grilo-plugins-0.3-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grilo-plugins-0.3-base

How To Uninstall grilo-plugins-0.3-base on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the grilo-plugins-0.3-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grilo-plugins-0.3-base

Uninstall grilo-plugins-0.3-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall grilo-plugins-0.3-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grilo-plugins-0.3-base

Remove grilo-plugins-0.3-base Configurations and Data

To remove grilo-plugins-0.3-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grilo-plugins-0.3-base

Remove grilo-plugins-0.3-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove grilo-plugins-0.3-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grilo-plugins-0.3-base

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grilo-plugins-0.3-base package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.