How To Install kylin-video on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-video on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kylin-video
kylin-video is:
Qt5 Mplayer and MPV front-end, with basic features like playing videos and audios to more advanced features. It supports both x86 and ARM platform, and supports most of the audio and video formats.
There are three methods to install kylin-video 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 kylin-video Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kylin-video using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kylin-video
Install kylin-video Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kylin-video using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kylin-video
Install kylin-video 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 kylin-video using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kylin-video
How To Uninstall kylin-video on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kylin-video package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kylin-video
Uninstall kylin-video And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kylin-video and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kylin-video
Remove kylin-video Configurations and Data
To remove kylin-video configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kylin-video
Remove kylin-video configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kylin-video configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kylin-video
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-video package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
