How To Install gstreamer1.0-nice on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-nice on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gstreamer1.0-nice
gstreamer1.0-nice is:
Nice is an implementation of the IETF’s draft Interactive Connectivity Establishment standard (ICE). ICE is useful for applications that want to establish peer-to-peer UDP data streams. It automates the process of traversing NATs and provides security against some attacks.
Existing standards that use ICE include the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Jingle XMPP extension for audio/video calls.
Nice includes integration with GStreamer1.0.
This package provides a GStreamer 1.0 plugin for nice.
There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-nice 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 gstreamer1.0-nice Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-nice using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-nice
Install gstreamer1.0-nice Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-nice using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-nice
Install gstreamer1.0-nice 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 gstreamer1.0-nice using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-nice
How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-nice on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-nice package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-nice
Uninstall gstreamer1.0-nice And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer1.0-nice and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-nice
Remove gstreamer1.0-nice Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer1.0-nice configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-nice
Remove gstreamer1.0-nice configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-nice configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-nice
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-nice package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
