How To Install libvlccore8 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlccore8 on Debian 9.
What is libvlccore8
libvlccore8 is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This package contains the shared library required by VLC modules and libvlc.
There are three methods to install libvlccore8 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvlccore8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlccore8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvlccore8
Install libvlccore8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlccore8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvlccore8
Install libvlccore8 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 libvlccore8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvlccore8
How To Uninstall libvlccore8 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libvlccore8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvlccore8
Uninstall libvlccore8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvlccore8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvlccore8
Remove libvlccore8 Configurations and Data
To remove libvlccore8 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvlccore8
Remove libvlccore8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvlccore8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvlccore8
Dependencies
libvlccore8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlccore8 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.