How To Install gstreamer-qapt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer-qapt on Debian 9.
What is gstreamer-qapt
gstreamer-qapt is:
QApt is a collection of tools and a library providing a wrapper around APT. The intention is to ease the use of APT in Qt-based programs.
This package provides a plugin for the GStreamer multimedia framework to search and to install audio and video codecs.
There are three methods to install gstreamer-qapt 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 gstreamer-qapt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer-qapt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer-qapt
Install gstreamer-qapt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer-qapt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer-qapt
Install gstreamer-qapt 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 gstreamer-qapt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer-qapt
How To Uninstall gstreamer-qapt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gstreamer-qapt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer-qapt
Uninstall gstreamer-qapt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer-qapt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer-qapt
Remove gstreamer-qapt Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer-qapt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer-qapt
Remove gstreamer-qapt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer-qapt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer-qapt
Dependencies
gstreamer-qapt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer-qapt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.