How To Install themonospot on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install themonospot on Debian 9. themonospot is application to scan video files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install themonospot on Debian 9.

What is themonospot

themonospot is:

Themonospot is a simple application that can be used to scan an avi and matroska (.mkv) file and extract some informations about audio and video data flow:

  • Video codec used
  • Frame size
  • Average video bitrate
  • File size
  • Total time
  • Frame rate
  • Total frames
  • Info data
  • Packet Bitstream
  • User data (in MOVI chunk)
  • Audio codec used
  • Average audio bitrate
  • Audio channelss

There are three methods to install themonospot on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install themonospot Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install themonospot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install themonospot

Install themonospot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install themonospot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install themonospot

Install themonospot 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 themonospot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install themonospot

How To Uninstall themonospot on Debian 9

To uninstall only the themonospot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove themonospot

Uninstall themonospot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall themonospot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove themonospot

Remove themonospot Configurations and Data

To remove themonospot configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge themonospot

Remove themonospot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove themonospot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge themonospot

Dependencies

themonospot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install themonospot package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.