How To Install mythtv-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mythtv-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mythtv-common
mythtv-common is:
MythTV provides a unified graphical interface for recording and viewing television programs. Refer to the mythtv package for more information.
This package contains infrastructure needed by both the client and the server.
There are three methods to install mythtv-common 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 mythtv-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mythtv-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mythtv-common
Install mythtv-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mythtv-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mythtv-common
Install mythtv-common 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 mythtv-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mythtv-common
How To Uninstall mythtv-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mythtv-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mythtv-common
Uninstall mythtv-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mythtv-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mythtv-common
Remove mythtv-common Configurations and Data
To remove mythtv-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mythtv-common
Remove mythtv-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mythtv-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mythtv-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mythtv-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
