How To Install vdr-plugin-femon on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-femon on Debian 10.
What is vdr-plugin-femon
vdr-plugin-femon is:
DVB Frontend Status Monitor (femon) is a VDR plugin that displays signal quality parameters of the tuned channel on the OSD.
There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-femon on Debian 10. 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-plugin-femon 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-plugin-femon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-femon
Install vdr-plugin-femon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-femon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-femon
Install vdr-plugin-femon 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-plugin-femon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-femon
How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-femon on Debian 10
To uninstall only the vdr-plugin-femon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-femon
Uninstall vdr-plugin-femon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdr-plugin-femon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-plugin-femon
Remove vdr-plugin-femon Configurations and Data
To remove vdr-plugin-femon configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-femon
Remove vdr-plugin-femon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdr-plugin-femon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-femon
Dependencies
vdr-plugin-femon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-femon package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.