How To Install scantv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scantv on Debian 12.
What is scantv
scantv is:
XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and webcams.
This package provides a utility that can scan a channel set for TV stations and write the ones found in an xawtv configuration file (which is also read by some other utilities such as fbtv). It attempts to extract the station names from inter-frame (VBI) data as well.
There are three methods to install scantv 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 scantv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scantv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scantv
Install scantv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scantv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scantv
Install scantv 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 scantv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scantv
How To Uninstall scantv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the scantv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scantv
Uninstall scantv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scantv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scantv
Remove scantv Configurations and Data
To remove scantv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scantv
Remove scantv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scantv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scantv
Dependencies
scantv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scantv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
