How To Install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc on Debian 11.
What is phonon4qt5-backend-vlc
phonon4qt5-backend-vlc is:
Phonon is the KF5 multimedia API, which provides a task-oriented abstraction layer for capturing, mixing, processing, and playing audio and video content.
This package contains VLC backend for Phonon4Qt5.
There are three methods to install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc on Debian 11. 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-vlc 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-vlc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc
Install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc
Install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc 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-vlc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc
How To Uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-vlc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the phonon4qt5-backend-vlc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove phonon4qt5-backend-vlc
Uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-vlc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall phonon4qt5-backend-vlc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phonon4qt5-backend-vlc
Remove phonon4qt5-backend-vlc Configurations and Data
To remove phonon4qt5-backend-vlc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge phonon4qt5-backend-vlc
Remove phonon4qt5-backend-vlc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove phonon4qt5-backend-vlc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phonon4qt5-backend-vlc
Dependencies
phonon4qt5-backend-vlc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phonon4qt5-backend-vlc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
