How To Install gstreamer1.0-packagekit on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-packagekit
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gstreamer1.0-packagekit
gstreamer1.0-packagekit is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
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 gstreamer1.0-packagekit
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-packagekit 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-packagekit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-packagekit
Install gstreamer1.0-packagekit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-packagekit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-packagekit
Install gstreamer1.0-packagekit 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-packagekit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-packagekit
How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-packagekit on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-packagekit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit
Uninstall gstreamer1.0-packagekit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer1.0-packagekit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-packagekit
Remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-packagekit
Remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-packagekit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-packagekit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-packagekit
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.