How To Install moc-ffmpeg-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install moc-ffmpeg-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04. moc-ffmpeg-plugin is ncurses based console audio player - ffmpeg plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install moc-ffmpeg-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is moc-ffmpeg-plugin

moc-ffmpeg-plugin is:

moc (music on console) is a full-screen player designed to be powerful and easy to use.

moc-ffmpeg-plugin is an additional plugin to play soundfiles out of the ffmpeg libs like WMA, RealAudio, MP4 and AAC.

There are three methods to install moc-ffmpeg-plugin 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 moc-ffmpeg-plugin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install moc-ffmpeg-plugin

Install moc-ffmpeg-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install moc-ffmpeg-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install moc-ffmpeg-plugin

Install moc-ffmpeg-plugin 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 moc-ffmpeg-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install moc-ffmpeg-plugin

How To Uninstall moc-ffmpeg-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the moc-ffmpeg-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove moc-ffmpeg-plugin

Uninstall moc-ffmpeg-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove moc-ffmpeg-plugin

Remove moc-ffmpeg-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove moc-ffmpeg-plugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge moc-ffmpeg-plugin

Remove moc-ffmpeg-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove moc-ffmpeg-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge moc-ffmpeg-plugin

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Summary

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