How To Install mps-youtube on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mps-youtube on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mps-youtube
mps-youtube is:
This project is a terminal based YouTube client with an interactive text interface and in-built help. It can be used to search YouTube, create local playlists to queue your favourite content, play audio or video (launched in external player) and can download YouTube content in various formats (mp4, flv, webm, ogg, m4a, m4v and 3gp).
There are three methods to install mps-youtube 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 mps-youtube Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mps-youtube using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mps-youtube
Install mps-youtube Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mps-youtube using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mps-youtube
Install mps-youtube 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 mps-youtube using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mps-youtube
How To Uninstall mps-youtube on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mps-youtube package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mps-youtube
Uninstall mps-youtube And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mps-youtube and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mps-youtube
Remove mps-youtube Configurations and Data
To remove mps-youtube configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mps-youtube
Remove mps-youtube configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mps-youtube configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mps-youtube
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mps-youtube package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
