How To Install vstream-client-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vstream-client-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vstream-client-dev
vstream-client-dev is:
Vstream-client is a fork off of the vstream library from the tivo-mplayer project. It has been stripped down to just the client code, and includes an example client application. If you have vserver installed on your Tivo (which most tivo hackers do), then you can use this simple client to stream .ty files from it. MPlayer includes support for this library. This library can be used by MPlayer/MEncoder to watch/re-encode tivo streams live over a network.
This package contains the headers for development.
There are three methods to install vstream-client-dev 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 vstream-client-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 vstream-client-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vstream-client-dev
Install vstream-client-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vstream-client-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vstream-client-dev
Install vstream-client-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vstream-client-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vstream-client-dev
How To Uninstall vstream-client-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vstream-client-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vstream-client-dev
Uninstall vstream-client-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vstream-client-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vstream-client-dev
Remove vstream-client-dev Configurations and Data
To remove vstream-client-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vstream-client-dev
Remove vstream-client-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vstream-client-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vstream-client-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vstream-client-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
