How To Install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config on Debian 10.
What is gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config
gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config is:
This plugin wraps available OpenMAX IL components and makes them available as standard GStreamer elements.
This package contains the config for gstreamer1.0-omx-generic.
There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config on Debian 10. 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-omx-generic-config 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-omx-generic-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config
Install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config
Install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config 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 gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config
How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config
Uninstall gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config
Remove gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config
Remove gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config
Dependencies
gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic-config package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.