How To Install syncplay on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syncplay on Debian 12.
What is syncplay
syncplay is:
Allows you to watch movies with friends or family at different places synchronized via the internet.
When a viewer pauses/continues playback or seeks within their media player this will be replicated across all media players connected to the same server in the same viewing session. A chat function is included so viewers can discuss the movie while watching it. To improve the communication experience for viewers, the Syncplay developers and therefore the syncplay-client package suggest to use additional VoIP software (package mumble) or video phone software (packages jami or linphone-desktop).
Technically, it synchronizes the position and play states of multiple mpv, VLC, MPC-HC and MPC-BEmedia player instances so viewers’ players present the same movie at the same time.
In case your friends and family do not use Debian, Syncplay is available for other operating systems on the upstream website. To learn what Syncplay is read the description of package ‘syncplay’.
This package installs the graphical desktop client program that does the actual synchronization of your video player. Therefore it must connect to a Syncplay server.
There are three methods to install syncplay 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 syncplay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install syncplay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syncplay
Install syncplay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syncplay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syncplay
Install syncplay 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 syncplay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syncplay
How To Uninstall syncplay on Debian 12
To uninstall only the syncplay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syncplay
Uninstall syncplay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syncplay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syncplay
Remove syncplay Configurations and Data
To remove syncplay configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syncplay
Remove syncplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syncplay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syncplay
Dependencies
syncplay have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syncplay package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
