How To Install rtmpdump on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rtmpdump on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rtmpdump
rtmpdump is:
A small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP protocol (like BBC’s iPlayer high quality streams). Supplying an RTMP URL will result in a dumped flv file, which can be played/transcoded with standard tools.
There are three methods to install rtmpdump 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 rtmpdump Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rtmpdump using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rtmpdump
Install rtmpdump Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rtmpdump using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rtmpdump
Install rtmpdump 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 rtmpdump using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rtmpdump
How To Uninstall rtmpdump on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rtmpdump package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rtmpdump
Uninstall rtmpdump And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rtmpdump and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rtmpdump
Remove rtmpdump Configurations and Data
To remove rtmpdump configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rtmpdump
Remove rtmpdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rtmpdump configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rtmpdump
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rtmpdump package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
