How To Install cubemap on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cubemap on Ubuntu 22.04. cubemap is scalable video reflector, designed to be used with VLC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cubemap on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cubemap

cubemap is:

Cubemap is a high-performance, high-availability video reflector, specifically made for use with VLC.

Its features include high performance, high availability, per-stream TCP pacing support (with sch_fq), TLS support, fMP4/HLS support if used with Nageru, and reflection of all muxes VLC can offer over HTTP or UDP.

There are three methods to install cubemap 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 cubemap Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cubemap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cubemap

Install cubemap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cubemap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cubemap

Install cubemap 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 cubemap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cubemap

How To Uninstall cubemap on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cubemap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cubemap

Uninstall cubemap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cubemap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cubemap

Remove cubemap Configurations and Data

To remove cubemap configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cubemap

Remove cubemap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cubemap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cubemap

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cubemap package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.