How To Install mythtv-status on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mythtv-status on Debian 10.
What is mythtv-status
mythtv-status is:
Shows the current status of a local or remote MythTV backend and up to the next 10 recordings for today and tomorrow.
Also provides functionality for updating the MOTD with this information, this can provide a good heads up on when you should avoid heavy CPU or I/O work on your MythTV backend.
There are three methods to install mythtv-status on Debian 10. 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-status 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-status using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mythtv-status
Install mythtv-status Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mythtv-status using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mythtv-status
Install mythtv-status 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 mythtv-status using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mythtv-status
How To Uninstall mythtv-status on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mythtv-status package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mythtv-status
Uninstall mythtv-status And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mythtv-status and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mythtv-status
Remove mythtv-status Configurations and Data
To remove mythtv-status configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mythtv-status
Remove mythtv-status configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mythtv-status configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mythtv-status
Dependencies
mythtv-status have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mythtv-status package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.