How To Install phonon4qt5-backend-null on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon4qt5-backend-null on Debian 9.
What is phonon4qt5-backend-null
phonon4qt5-backend-null is:
Phonon is a Qt 5 multimedia API, which provides a task-oriented abstraction layer for capturing, mixing, processing, and playing audio and video content.
This package does not provide any real Phonon back-end. It can be used to disable Phonon audio/video capabilities. Please note that Phonon behavior with this package installed has not been well tested.
There are three methods to install phonon4qt5-backend-null on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install phonon4qt5-backend-null Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install phonon4qt5-backend-null using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install phonon4qt5-backend-null
Install phonon4qt5-backend-null Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install phonon4qt5-backend-null using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install phonon4qt5-backend-null
Install phonon4qt5-backend-null 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 phonon4qt5-backend-null using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phonon4qt5-backend-null
How To Uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-null on Debian 9
To uninstall only the phonon4qt5-backend-null package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove phonon4qt5-backend-null
Uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-null And Its Dependencies
To uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-null and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phonon4qt5-backend-null
Remove phonon4qt5-backend-null Configurations and Data
To remove phonon4qt5-backend-null configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge phonon4qt5-backend-null
Remove phonon4qt5-backend-null configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove phonon4qt5-backend-null configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phonon4qt5-backend-null
Dependencies
phonon4qt5-backend-null have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon4qt5-backend-null package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.