How To Install libmms0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmms0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libmms0 is MMS stream protocol library - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmms0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmms0

libmms0 is:

LibMMS is a common library for parsing mms:// and mmsh:// type network streams. These are commonly used to stream Windows Media Video content over the web. LibMMS itself is only for receiving MMS stream, it doesn’t handle sending at all.

This package holds the shared library.

There are three methods to install libmms0 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 libmms0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmms0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmms0

Install libmms0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmms0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmms0

Install libmms0 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 libmms0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmms0

How To Uninstall libmms0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmms0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmms0

Uninstall libmms0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmms0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmms0

Remove libmms0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmms0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmms0

Remove libmms0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmms0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmms0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmms0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.