How To Install libmediascan0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmediascan0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmediascan0 is library for reading metadata from multi-media files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediascan0 on Debian 12.

What is libmediascan0

libmediascan0 is:

libmediascan is a library to:

  • Scan a file tree for media files
  • Generate audio, video, and image thumbnails at scan-time.
  • Determine DLNA profile information during scanning

There are three methods to install libmediascan0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmediascan0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmediascan0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmediascan0

Install libmediascan0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmediascan0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmediascan0

Install libmediascan0 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 libmediascan0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmediascan0

How To Uninstall libmediascan0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmediascan0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmediascan0

Uninstall libmediascan0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmediascan0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmediascan0

Remove libmediascan0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmediascan0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmediascan0

Remove libmediascan0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmediascan0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmediascan0

Dependencies

libmediascan0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediascan0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.