How To Install winff-gtk2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install winff-gtk2 on Debian 9. winff-gtk2 is GTK+ variant of winff

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install winff-gtk2 on Debian 9.

What is winff-gtk2

winff-gtk2 is:

WinFF is a graphical user interface for FFmpeg. It will convert almost any video file that FFmpeg will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can, for example, convert mpeg’s, flv’s, and mov’s into avi’s (or DVD/VCD format or MPEG or 3gp etc.) all at once.

Users usually want to install the winff package and let their package manager decide which winff variant to use. If you want to override the packager’s choice, you can additionally select the required variant. This package provides the GTK+ variant of winff.

There are three methods to install winff-gtk2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install winff-gtk2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install winff-gtk2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install winff-gtk2

Install winff-gtk2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install winff-gtk2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install winff-gtk2

Install winff-gtk2 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 winff-gtk2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install winff-gtk2

How To Uninstall winff-gtk2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the winff-gtk2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove winff-gtk2

Uninstall winff-gtk2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall winff-gtk2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove winff-gtk2

Remove winff-gtk2 Configurations and Data

To remove winff-gtk2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge winff-gtk2

Remove winff-gtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove winff-gtk2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge winff-gtk2

Dependencies

winff-gtk2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install winff-gtk2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.