How To Install smpeg-plaympeg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smpeg-plaympeg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is smpeg-plaympeg
smpeg-plaympeg is:
SMPEG (SDL MPEG Player Library) is a free MPEG1 video player library with sound support. Video playback is based on the ubiquitous Berkeley MPEG player, mpeg_play v2.2. Audio is played through a slightly modified mpegsound library, part of splay v0.8.2. SMPEG supports MPEG audio (MP3), MPEG-1 video, and MPEG system streams.
This package contains a command line player called plaympeg.
There are three methods to install smpeg-plaympeg 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 smpeg-plaympeg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smpeg-plaympeg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smpeg-plaympeg
Install smpeg-plaympeg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smpeg-plaympeg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smpeg-plaympeg
Install smpeg-plaympeg 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 smpeg-plaympeg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smpeg-plaympeg
How To Uninstall smpeg-plaympeg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the smpeg-plaympeg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smpeg-plaympeg
Uninstall smpeg-plaympeg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smpeg-plaympeg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smpeg-plaympeg
Remove smpeg-plaympeg Configurations and Data
To remove smpeg-plaympeg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smpeg-plaympeg
Remove smpeg-plaympeg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smpeg-plaympeg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smpeg-plaympeg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smpeg-plaympeg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
