How To Install kodi-pvr-vuplus on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-vuplus on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kodi-pvr-vuplus
kodi-pvr-vuplus is:
Enigma2 is a framebuffer-based zapping application (GUI) that is primarly targeted to physicial set-top-boxes running embedded Linux (OpenEmbedded based firmware distrobutions), however Enigma2 can technically also run on regular PCs, but it is not common.
While the Enigma2 software was originally developed by Dream Multimedia for their Dreambox series, the opendreambox.org has made Enigma2 into a popular open source based firmware platform for set-top boxes and it is used by a number of differet set-top box manufacturers, including the most commonly known are Dreambox, DBox2, and Vu+ (VuPlus), which all use Enigma2 based firmware images. Most of these Enigma2 based set-top boxes falls under the category of Linux-powered satellite, terrestrial and cable digital television receivers.
With the Vu+ (VuPlus) PVR add-on Kodi PVR can be used also with a connected VU+ or any other Enigma2 based set-top boxes, and in general all Enigma2 based settop boxes should be supported.
This package contains the Vu+ PVR (Personal Video Recorder) Addon for Kodi, the award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media.
There are three methods to install kodi-pvr-vuplus on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kodi-pvr-vuplus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-vuplus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kodi-pvr-vuplus
Install kodi-pvr-vuplus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-pvr-vuplus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kodi-pvr-vuplus
Install kodi-pvr-vuplus 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 kodi-pvr-vuplus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kodi-pvr-vuplus
How To Uninstall kodi-pvr-vuplus on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kodi-pvr-vuplus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kodi-pvr-vuplus
Uninstall kodi-pvr-vuplus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kodi-pvr-vuplus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kodi-pvr-vuplus
Remove kodi-pvr-vuplus Configurations and Data
To remove kodi-pvr-vuplus configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-pvr-vuplus
Remove kodi-pvr-vuplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kodi-pvr-vuplus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-pvr-vuplus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-pvr-vuplus package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
