How To Install totem-plugins-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install totem-plugins-extra on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is totem-plugins-extra
totem-plugins-extra is:
Totem is a simple yet featureful media player for GNOME which can read a large number of file formats.
This package contains a set of extra plugins for Totem:
* Annotate the screen with the Gromit tool
Additional plugins can be written in C, Python or Vala.
There are three methods to install totem-plugins-extra 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 totem-plugins-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install totem-plugins-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install totem-plugins-extra
Install totem-plugins-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install totem-plugins-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install totem-plugins-extra
Install totem-plugins-extra 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 totem-plugins-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install totem-plugins-extra
How To Uninstall totem-plugins-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the totem-plugins-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove totem-plugins-extra
Uninstall totem-plugins-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall totem-plugins-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove totem-plugins-extra
Remove totem-plugins-extra Configurations and Data
To remove totem-plugins-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge totem-plugins-extra
Remove totem-plugins-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove totem-plugins-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge totem-plugins-extra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install totem-plugins-extra package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.