How To Install nordlicht on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nordlicht on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nordlicht
nordlicht is:
nordlicht converts video files into colorful barcodes. It’s heavily inspired by the “moviebarcode” tumblr. It takes the video’s frames in regular intervals, scales them to 1px width, and appends them. The resulting barcodes can be integrated into video players for simplified navigation.
This package contains the `nordlicht’ tool which can be used to create barcodes from video files.
There are three methods to install nordlicht on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nordlicht Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nordlicht using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nordlicht
Install nordlicht Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nordlicht using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nordlicht
Install nordlicht 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 nordlicht using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nordlicht
How To Uninstall nordlicht on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nordlicht package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nordlicht
Uninstall nordlicht And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nordlicht and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nordlicht
Remove nordlicht Configurations and Data
To remove nordlicht configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nordlicht
Remove nordlicht configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nordlicht configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nordlicht
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nordlicht package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.