How To Install xmltv-gui on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmltv-gui on Debian 12.
What is xmltv-gui
xmltv-gui is:
Gather television listings, process them and organize your viewing. XMLTV is a file format for storing TV listings, defined in xmltv.dtd.
This package includes the GUI (graphical user interface) front-end program tv_check.
There are three methods to install xmltv-gui 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 xmltv-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xmltv-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmltv-gui
Install xmltv-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xmltv-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmltv-gui
Install xmltv-gui 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 xmltv-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmltv-gui
How To Uninstall xmltv-gui on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xmltv-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmltv-gui
Uninstall xmltv-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmltv-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmltv-gui
Remove xmltv-gui Configurations and Data
To remove xmltv-gui configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmltv-gui
Remove xmltv-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xmltv-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmltv-gui
Dependencies
xmltv-gui have the following dependencies:
- libdate-manip-perl
- libtk-tablematrix-perl
- libwww-perl
- libxml-parser-perl
- libxmltv-perl
- libxml-twig-perl
- libxml-writer-perl
- perl-tk
- xmltv-util
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmltv-gui package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
