How To Install librtmp1 on Debian 10

Learn how to install librtmp1 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. librtmp1 is toolkit for RTMP streams (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librtmp1 on Debian 10.

What is librtmp1

librtmp1 is:

A small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP protocol (like BBC’s iPlayer high quality streams). Supplying an RTMP URL will result in a dumped flv file, which can be played/transcoded with standard tools.

This package contains the shared libraries, header files needed by programs that want to use librtmp.

There are three methods to install librtmp1 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install librtmp1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librtmp1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librtmp1

Install librtmp1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librtmp1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librtmp1

Install librtmp1 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 librtmp1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librtmp1

How To Uninstall librtmp1 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the librtmp1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librtmp1

Uninstall librtmp1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librtmp1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librtmp1

Remove librtmp1 Configurations and Data

To remove librtmp1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librtmp1

Remove librtmp1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librtmp1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librtmp1

Dependencies

librtmp1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librtmp1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.