How To Install libplayerctl-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplayerctl-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libplayerctl-dev
libplayerctl-dev is:
Playerctl is a command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification. Compatible players include audacious, cmus, mopidy, mpd, mpv, quod libet, rhythmbox, spotify, vlc and xmms2.
Playerctl makes it easy to bind player actions, such as play and pause, to media keys. Playerctl also provides an introspectable library accessible in many popular scripting languages that allows more detailed control like the ability to subscribe to media player events or get metadata such as artist and title for the playing track.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libplayerctl-dev
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 libplayerctl-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplayerctl-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplayerctl-dev
Install libplayerctl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplayerctl-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplayerctl-dev
Install libplayerctl-dev 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 libplayerctl-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplayerctl-dev
How To Uninstall libplayerctl-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libplayerctl-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplayerctl-dev
Uninstall libplayerctl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplayerctl-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplayerctl-dev
Remove libplayerctl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplayerctl-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplayerctl-dev
Remove libplayerctl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplayerctl-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplayerctl-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplayerctl-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.