How To Install vlc-plugin-notify on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-notify on Debian 12.
What is vlc-plugin-notify
vlc-plugin-notify is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This plugin adds support for libnotify track change notification to the VLC media player.
There are three methods to install vlc-plugin-notify on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vlc-plugin-notify Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-notify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlc-plugin-notify
Install vlc-plugin-notify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlc-plugin-notify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlc-plugin-notify
Install vlc-plugin-notify 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 vlc-plugin-notify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlc-plugin-notify
How To Uninstall vlc-plugin-notify on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vlc-plugin-notify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlc-plugin-notify
Uninstall vlc-plugin-notify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlc-plugin-notify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlc-plugin-notify
Remove vlc-plugin-notify Configurations and Data
To remove vlc-plugin-notify configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlc-plugin-notify
Remove vlc-plugin-notify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlc-plugin-notify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlc-plugin-notify
Dependencies
vlc-plugin-notify have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlc-plugin-notify package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.