How To Install vdr-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-dev
on Debian 9.
What is vdr-dev
vdr-dev is:
Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a digital sat-receiver program using Linux and DVB technologies. It allows one to record MPEG2 streams, as well as output the stream to TV. It is also possible to watch DVDs (hardware accelerated) with some comfort and use an IR remote control.
This package contains the header files of VDR. You need this package to be able to build vdr-plugins!
There are three methods to install vdr-dev
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 vdr-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vdr-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdr-dev
Install vdr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdr-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdr-dev
Install vdr-dev 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 vdr-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdr-dev
How To Uninstall vdr-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the vdr-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdr-dev
Uninstall vdr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdr-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-dev
Remove vdr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove vdr-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-dev
Remove vdr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdr-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-dev
Dependencies
vdr-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.