How To Install xine-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xine-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xine-plugin
xine-plugin is:
Npp-File: xineplugin.so Npp-Mimetype: application/x-annodex, video/mkv, video/x-ms-asf, video/x-ms-wmv, audio/x-ms-wma, application/vnd.ms-asf, application/x-mplayer2, video/x-ms-asf-plugin, video/x-ms-wvx, video/x-ms-wax, video/msvideo, video/x-msvideo, video/x-flic, video/x-flv, audio/x-aiff, audio/aiff, audio/x-pn-aiff, audio/x-realaudio, audio/basic, audio/x-basic, audio/x-pn-au, audio/x-8svx, audio/8svx, audio/x-16sv, audio/168sv, image/x-ilbm, image/ilbm, video/x-anim, video/anim, image/png, image/x-png, video/mng, video/x-mng, audio/x-ogg, audio/x-speex, application/x-ogg, application/ogg, audio/x-pn-realaudio, audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin, audio/x-real-audio, application/vnd.rn-realmedia, video/quicktime, video/x-quicktime, audio/x-m4a, application/x-quicktimeplayer, audio/x-wav, audio/wav, audio/x-pn-wav, audio/x-pn-windows-acm, application/x-flac, audio/x-scpls, application/smil, application/xspf+xml, application/x-xine-plugin Npp-Name: Xine Plugin Download-Size: 57.4 kB APT-Sources: http://mirror.amscloud.co.id/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages Description: xine-based media player plugin for Mozilla browsers 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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xine-plugin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
