How To Install minisapserver on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minisapserver on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is minisapserver
minisapserver is:
Mini SAP Server from VideoLan project is a small standalone application that can produce Session Announcement Protocol (SAP) announcements in Session Description Protocol (SDP) format. SAP is described in RFC2974. SDP in RFC4566.
This is a mini-sap-server from VideoOnLan project.
There are three methods to install minisapserver on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install minisapserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minisapserver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minisapserver
Install minisapserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minisapserver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minisapserver
Install minisapserver 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 minisapserver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minisapserver
How To Uninstall minisapserver on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the minisapserver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minisapserver
Uninstall minisapserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minisapserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minisapserver
Remove minisapserver Configurations and Data
To remove minisapserver configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minisapserver
Remove minisapserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minisapserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minisapserver
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minisapserver package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.