How To Install libjs-mediaelement on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-mediaelement on Debian 9.
What is libjs-mediaelement
libjs-mediaelement is:
Instead of offering an HTML5 player to modern browsers and a totally separate Flash player to older browsers, MediaElement.js upgrades them with custom Flash and Silverlight plugins that mimic the HTML5 MediaElement API.
The current package does not yet provide the Flash and Silverlight plugins.
There are three methods to install libjs-mediaelement 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 libjs-mediaelement Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-mediaelement using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-mediaelement
Install libjs-mediaelement Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-mediaelement using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-mediaelement
Install libjs-mediaelement 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 libjs-mediaelement using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-mediaelement
How To Uninstall libjs-mediaelement on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libjs-mediaelement package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-mediaelement
Uninstall libjs-mediaelement And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-mediaelement and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-mediaelement
Remove libjs-mediaelement Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-mediaelement configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-mediaelement
Remove libjs-mediaelement configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-mediaelement configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-mediaelement
Dependencies
libjs-mediaelement have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-mediaelement package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.