How To Install pia on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pia on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pia
pia is:
XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and webcams.
This package provides a simple movie player used by xawtv and motv to play back movie files which are recorded from TV.
There are three methods to install pia on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pia
Install pia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pia
Install pia 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 pia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pia
How To Uninstall pia on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pia
Uninstall pia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pia
Remove pia Configurations and Data
To remove pia configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pia
Remove pia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pia
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pia package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
