How To Install ushare on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ushare on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ushare
ushare is:
GeeXboX uShare is a UPnP (TM) A/V Media Server. It implements the server component that provides UPnP media devices with information on available multimedia files. uShare uses the built-in http server of libupnp to stream the files to clients.
uShare is written in C for the GeeXboX project. It is designed to provide access to multimedia contents to GeeXboX but can of course be used by any other UPnP client device.
There are three methods to install ushare 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 ushare Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ushare using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ushare
Install ushare Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ushare using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ushare
Install ushare 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 ushare using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ushare
How To Uninstall ushare on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ushare package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ushare
Uninstall ushare And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ushare and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ushare
Remove ushare Configurations and Data
To remove ushare configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ushare
Remove ushare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ushare configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ushare
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ushare package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
