How To Install gupnp-dlna-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gupnp-dlna-tools on Debian 9.
What is gupnp-dlna-tools
gupnp-dlna-tools is:
A small utility library that aims to ease the DLNA-related tasks such as media profile guessing, transcoding to a given profile, etc.
This package contain tools, like gupnp-dlna-info.
There are three methods to install gupnp-dlna-tools 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 gupnp-dlna-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gupnp-dlna-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gupnp-dlna-tools
Install gupnp-dlna-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gupnp-dlna-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gupnp-dlna-tools
Install gupnp-dlna-tools 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 gupnp-dlna-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gupnp-dlna-tools
How To Uninstall gupnp-dlna-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gupnp-dlna-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gupnp-dlna-tools
Uninstall gupnp-dlna-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gupnp-dlna-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gupnp-dlna-tools
Remove gupnp-dlna-tools Configurations and Data
To remove gupnp-dlna-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gupnp-dlna-tools
Remove gupnp-dlna-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gupnp-dlna-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gupnp-dlna-tools
Dependencies
gupnp-dlna-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gupnp-dlna-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.