How To Install vdr-plugin-satip on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-satip on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vdr-plugin-satip
vdr-plugin-satip is:
This plugin integrates SAT>IP network devices seamlessly into VDR. You can use any SAT>IP channel like any other normal DVB channel for live viewing, recording, etc. The plugin also features full section filtering capabilities which allow for example EIT information to be extracted from the incoming stream.
This release does actually not contain any channelscan, pls. follow the README to setup entries manually for the channels.conf.
There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-satip 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 vdr-plugin-satip 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-satip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-satip
Install vdr-plugin-satip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-satip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-satip
Install vdr-plugin-satip 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 vdr-plugin-satip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-satip
How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-satip on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vdr-plugin-satip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-satip
Uninstall vdr-plugin-satip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdr-plugin-satip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-plugin-satip
Remove vdr-plugin-satip Configurations and Data
To remove vdr-plugin-satip configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-satip
Remove vdr-plugin-satip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdr-plugin-satip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-satip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-satip package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
