How To Install simple-whip-client on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install simple-whip-client on Debian 12.
What is simple-whip-client
simple-whip-client is:
simple-whip-client is a WHIP client implementation, using GStreamer.
WebRTC-HTTP ingestion protocol (WHIP) is a simple HTTP based protocol that will allow WebRTC based ingest of content into streaming servics and/or CDNs.
GStreamer is a pipeline-based multimedia framework that links together a wide variety of media processing systems to complete complex workflows.
There are three methods to install simple-whip-client 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 simple-whip-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install simple-whip-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install simple-whip-client
Install simple-whip-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install simple-whip-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install simple-whip-client
Install simple-whip-client 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 simple-whip-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install simple-whip-client
How To Uninstall simple-whip-client on Debian 12
To uninstall only the simple-whip-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove simple-whip-client
Uninstall simple-whip-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall simple-whip-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove simple-whip-client
Remove simple-whip-client Configurations and Data
To remove simple-whip-client configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge simple-whip-client
Remove simple-whip-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove simple-whip-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simple-whip-client
Dependencies
simple-whip-client have the following dependencies:
- gstreamer1.0-libav
- gstreamer1.0-nice
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libsoup2.4-1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install simple-whip-client package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
