How To Install dvb-apps on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvb-apps on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dvb-apps
dvb-apps is:
Applications and utilities geared towards the initial setup, testing and operation of an DVB device supporting the DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T, and ATSC standards.
Main User Applications: . scan - Scan for channels on your digital TV device . dvbscan - Another frequency scanning tool . czap, szap, tzap - Tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T . azap - Tuning utility for ATSC . gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV
General Utilities: . dvbdate - Set your clock from digital TV . dvbnet - Control digital data network interfaces . dvbtraffic - Monitor traffic on a digital device . femon - Monitor the tuning on a digital TV device . zap - Just tunes a digital device . atsc_epg - Display ATSC Electronic Program Guide (next programs) . alevt - Teletext browser
Hardware Specific Utilities: . util/av7110_loadkeys - Load remote keys into an av7110 based card . util/dib3000-watch - Monitor DIB3000 demodulators . util/dst-utils - Utilities for DST based cards . util/ttusb_dec_reset - Reset a TechnoTrends TTUSB DEC device
Libraries: . lib/libdvbapi - Interface library to digital TV devices . lib/libdvbcfg - Library to parse/create digital TV channel . lib/libdvbsec - Library for Satellite Equipment Control operations . lib/libucsi - Fast MPEG2 Transport Stream SI table parsing library . lib/libdvben50221- Implementation of a Cenelec EN 50221 CAM stack . lib/libdvbmisc - Miscellaneous utilities used by the other libraries
There are three methods to install dvb-apps 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 dvb-apps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dvb-apps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dvb-apps
Install dvb-apps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dvb-apps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dvb-apps
Install dvb-apps 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 dvb-apps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dvb-apps
How To Uninstall dvb-apps on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dvb-apps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dvb-apps
Uninstall dvb-apps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dvb-apps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvb-apps
Remove dvb-apps Configurations and Data
To remove dvb-apps configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dvb-apps
Remove dvb-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dvb-apps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvb-apps
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dvb-apps package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
