How To Install rhythmbox on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhythmbox
on Debian 12.
What is rhythmbox
rhythmbox is:
Rhythmbox is a very easy to use music playing and management program which supports a wide range of audio formats (including mp3 and ogg). Originally inspired by Apple’s iTunes, the current version also supports Internet Radio, iPod integration and generic portable audio player support, Audio CD burning, Audio CD playback, music sharing, and Podcasts.
There are three methods to install rhythmbox
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rhythmbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rhythmbox
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rhythmbox
Install rhythmbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rhythmbox
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rhythmbox
Install rhythmbox 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 rhythmbox
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rhythmbox
How To Uninstall rhythmbox on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rhythmbox
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rhythmbox
Uninstall rhythmbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rhythmbox
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rhythmbox
Remove rhythmbox Configurations and Data
To remove rhythmbox
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rhythmbox
Remove rhythmbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rhythmbox
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rhythmbox
Dependencies
rhythmbox have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpeas-1.0-0
- librhythmbox-core10
- libx11-6
- rhythmbox-data
- dbus
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- gstreamer1.0-x
- media-player-info
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhythmbox
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.