How To Install totem-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install totem-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is totem-plugins
totem-plugins 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 recommended plugins for Totem:
* Control Totem with an Infrared remote control
* Control Totem with the keyboard's media player keys
* Keep the Totem window on top of the screen
* Display movie properties
* Deactivate the screensaver when a movie is playing
* Skip to a defined time in the movie
* Set the away status in the instant messenger when a movie is
playing
* Control totem with a mobile phone using the Bluetooth protocol
* Share the current playlist via HTTP
* Search, browse for and play videos from YouTube
Additional plugins can be written in C, Python or Vala.
There are three methods to install totem-plugins 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install totem-plugins
Install totem-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install totem-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install totem-plugins
Install totem-plugins 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install totem-plugins
How To Uninstall totem-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the totem-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove totem-plugins
Uninstall totem-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall totem-plugins 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
Remove totem-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove totem-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge totem-plugins
Remove totem-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove totem-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge totem-plugins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install totem-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
