How To Install xbmc-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbmc-bin
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xbmc-bin
xbmc-bin is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install xbmc-bin
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 xbmc-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xbmc-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xbmc-bin
Install xbmc-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xbmc-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xbmc-bin
Install xbmc-bin 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 xbmc-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xbmc-bin
How To Uninstall xbmc-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xbmc-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xbmc-bin
Uninstall xbmc-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xbmc-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xbmc-bin
Remove xbmc-bin Configurations and Data
To remove xbmc-bin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xbmc-bin
Remove xbmc-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xbmc-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xbmc-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbmc-bin
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.