How To Install libv4l2rds0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libv4l2rds0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libv4l2rds0 is Video4Linux Radio Data System (RDS) decoding library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libv4l2rds0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libv4l2rds0

libv4l2rds0 is:

This library decodes a RDS stream obtained from a Video4Linux (V4L) version 2 device. It supports both: the US based RBDS and European RDS protocol.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libv4l2rds0 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 libv4l2rds0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libv4l2rds0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libv4l2rds0

Install libv4l2rds0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libv4l2rds0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libv4l2rds0

Install libv4l2rds0 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 libv4l2rds0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libv4l2rds0

How To Uninstall libv4l2rds0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libv4l2rds0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libv4l2rds0

Uninstall libv4l2rds0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libv4l2rds0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libv4l2rds0

Remove libv4l2rds0 Configurations and Data

To remove libv4l2rds0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libv4l2rds0

Remove libv4l2rds0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libv4l2rds0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libv4l2rds0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libv4l2rds0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.