How To Install librtmp1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librtmp1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librtmp1
Remove librtmp1 Configurations and Data
To remove librtmp1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librtmp1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
