How To Install w-scan-cpp on Debian 12

Learn how to install w-scan-cpp on Debian 12 with this tutorial. w-scan-cpp is DVB channel scanner (successor of w_scan)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install w-scan-cpp on Debian 12.

What is `w-scan-cpp`

w-scan-cpp is:

This is w_scan_cpp - a dtv channel scanner based on VDR (www.tvdr.de) and its Plugins.

w_scan_cpp supports

DVB-T(2), DVB-C, DVB-S(2), ATSC(VSB && QAM)
SAT>IP
SCR ("Unicable") EN-50494 & EN-50607 (aka. "JESS")
DiSEqC switches
DiSEqC rotors (Standard & USALS)
various output formats
    VDR channels.conf
    VLC channels.xspf
    dtv scan tables for dvbv5-scan
    channels.dat for the SAT>IP "DVB Viewer Lite for Windows"
    (..)

Some features are more recent than those of w_scan, other outdated features were not ported.

There are three methods to install w-scan-cpp 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 w-scan-cpp Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install w-scan-cpp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install w-scan-cpp

Install w-scan-cpp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install w-scan-cpp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install w-scan-cpp

Install w-scan-cpp 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 w-scan-cpp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install w-scan-cpp

How To Uninstall w-scan-cpp on Debian 12

To uninstall only the w-scan-cpp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove w-scan-cpp

Uninstall w-scan-cpp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall w-scan-cpp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove w-scan-cpp

Remove w-scan-cpp Configurations and Data

To remove w-scan-cpp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge w-scan-cpp

Remove w-scan-cpp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove w-scan-cpp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge w-scan-cpp

Dependencies

w-scan-cpp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install w-scan-cpp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.