How To Install libsmpeg0 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libsmpeg0 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libsmpeg0 is SDL MPEG Player Library - shared libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmpeg0 on Debian 10.

What is libsmpeg0

libsmpeg0 is:

SMPEG (SDL MPEG Player Library) is a free MPEG1 video player library with sound support. Video playback is based on the ubiquitous Berkeley MPEG player, mpeg_play v2.2. Audio is played through a slightly modified mpegsound library, part of splay v0.8.2. SMPEG supports MPEG audio (MP3), MPEG-1 video, and MPEG system streams.

This package contains the libsmpeg shared library that is required by many MPEG-playing packages, including smpeg-xmms and smpeg-plaympeg.

There are three methods to install libsmpeg0 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 libsmpeg0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmpeg0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsmpeg0

Install libsmpeg0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmpeg0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsmpeg0

Install libsmpeg0 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 libsmpeg0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsmpeg0

How To Uninstall libsmpeg0 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libsmpeg0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsmpeg0

Uninstall libsmpeg0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsmpeg0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmpeg0

Remove libsmpeg0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsmpeg0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsmpeg0

Remove libsmpeg0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsmpeg0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmpeg0

Dependencies

libsmpeg0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmpeg0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.