How To Install hdhomerun-config on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdhomerun-config
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hdhomerun-config
hdhomerun-config 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
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 hdhomerun-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 hdhomerun-config
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hdhomerun-config
Install hdhomerun-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hdhomerun-config
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hdhomerun-config
Install hdhomerun-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install hdhomerun-config
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hdhomerun-config
How To Uninstall hdhomerun-config on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hdhomerun-config
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hdhomerun-config
Uninstall hdhomerun-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hdhomerun-config
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdhomerun-config
Remove hdhomerun-config Configurations and Data
To remove hdhomerun-config
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hdhomerun-config
Remove hdhomerun-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hdhomerun-config
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdhomerun-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdhomerun-config
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.