How To Install xine-plugin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install xine-plugin on Debian 9. xine-plugin is xine-based media player plugin for Mozilla browsers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xine-plugin on Debian 9.

What is xine-plugin

xine-plugin is:

This is a very simple Mozilla browser plugin which uses the xine engine to display multimedia streams.

Features:

  • embedded display on browser window
  • streaming playback directly from xine engine
  • playback control using keyboard
  • relative paths supported
  • on screen display of buffering and stream information
  • playlists and references support
  • loop and repeat mode
  • multiple instances within the same page

There are three methods to install xine-plugin 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 xine-plugin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xine-plugin

Install xine-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xine-plugin

Install xine-plugin 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 xine-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xine-plugin

How To Uninstall xine-plugin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the xine-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xine-plugin

Uninstall xine-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xine-plugin

Remove xine-plugin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xine-plugin

Remove xine-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xine-plugin

Dependencies

xine-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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