How To Install qtav-players on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtav-players on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qtav-players
qtav-players is:
QtAV is a multimedia playback framework based on Qt and FFmpeg. High performance. User & developer friendly.
This package contains the QtAV based players
There are three methods to install qtav-players 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 qtav-players Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qtav-players using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtav-players
Install qtav-players Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtav-players using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtav-players
Install qtav-players 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 qtav-players using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtav-players
How To Uninstall qtav-players on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qtav-players package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtav-players
Uninstall qtav-players And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtav-players and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtav-players
Remove qtav-players Configurations and Data
To remove qtav-players configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtav-players
Remove qtav-players configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtav-players configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtav-players
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtav-players package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
