How To Install rygel-playbin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rygel-playbin on Debian 12.
What is rygel-playbin
rygel-playbin is:
Rygel is a home media solution that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures, and control of media player on your home network. In technical terms it is both a UPnP AV MediaServer and MediaRenderer implemented through a plug-in mechanism. Interoperability with other devices in the market is achieved by conformance to very strict requirements of DLNA and on the fly conversion of media to format that client devices are capable of handling.
This package contains the Playbin plugin which is a MediaRenderer plugin. With this installed Rygel can render (view/play) media locally from other network resources (MediaServers) through GStreamer playbin2.
There are three methods to install rygel-playbin 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 rygel-playbin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rygel-playbin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rygel-playbin
Install rygel-playbin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rygel-playbin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rygel-playbin
Install rygel-playbin 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 rygel-playbin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rygel-playbin
How To Uninstall rygel-playbin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rygel-playbin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rygel-playbin
Uninstall rygel-playbin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rygel-playbin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rygel-playbin
Remove rygel-playbin Configurations and Data
To remove rygel-playbin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rygel-playbin
Remove rygel-playbin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rygel-playbin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rygel-playbin
Dependencies
rygel-playbin have the following dependencies:
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- rygel
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- librygel-core-2.8-0
- librygel-renderer-2.8-0
- librygel-renderer-gst-2.8-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rygel-playbin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
