How To Install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vdr-plugin-streamdev-client
vdr-plugin-streamdev-client is:
This plugin for vdr lets the software stream videos into the network. You can interconnect several vdrs that way or watch those streams with special client apps like video lan client or mplayer. This is the client part.
There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client 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-streamdev-client 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-streamdev-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client
Install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client
Install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client 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-streamdev-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client
How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-streamdev-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vdr-plugin-streamdev-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-streamdev-client
Uninstall vdr-plugin-streamdev-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdr-plugin-streamdev-client 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-streamdev-client
Remove vdr-plugin-streamdev-client Configurations and Data
To remove vdr-plugin-streamdev-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-streamdev-client
Remove vdr-plugin-streamdev-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdr-plugin-streamdev-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-streamdev-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-streamdev-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
