How To Install hdhomerun-config-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdhomerun-config-gui
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hdhomerun-config-gui
hdhomerun-config-gui is:
This package supports the Silicon Dust HDHomeRun. The HDHomeRun is a networked, two tuner digital TV tuner compatible with MythTV, SageTV, and VLC.
This utility can be used for:
- Discovering your tuner location and name
- Gathering tuner settings
- Setting tuner setting
- Performing scans
- Performing firmware upgrades
There are three methods to install hdhomerun-config-gui
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 hdhomerun-config-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hdhomerun-config-gui
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hdhomerun-config-gui
Install hdhomerun-config-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hdhomerun-config-gui
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hdhomerun-config-gui
Install hdhomerun-config-gui 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 hdhomerun-config-gui
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hdhomerun-config-gui
How To Uninstall hdhomerun-config-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hdhomerun-config-gui
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hdhomerun-config-gui
Uninstall hdhomerun-config-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hdhomerun-config-gui
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdhomerun-config-gui
Remove hdhomerun-config-gui Configurations and Data
To remove hdhomerun-config-gui
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hdhomerun-config-gui
Remove hdhomerun-config-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hdhomerun-config-gui
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdhomerun-config-gui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdhomerun-config-gui
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.