How To Install anacrolix-dms on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anacrolix-dms on Ubuntu.

What is `anacrolix-dms`

anacrolix-dms is:

dms is a UPnP DLNA Digital Media Server. It runs from the terminal, and serves content directly from the filesystem from the working directory, or the path given. The SSDP component will broadcast and respond to requests on all available network interfaces.

This package provides the executable dms binary files.

dms advertises and serves the raw files, in addition to alternate transcoded streams when it’s able, such as mpeg2 PAL-DVD and WebM for the Chromecast. It will also provide thumbnails where possible.

dms uses ffprobe/avprobe to get media data such as bitrate and duration, ffmpeg/avconv for video transoding, and ffmpegthumbnailer for generating thumbnails when browsing. These commands must be in the PATH given to dms or the features requiring them will be disabled.

Known Compatible Players and Renderers

Probably all Panasonic Viera TVs.
Android’s BubbleUPnP and AirWire
Chromecast
VLC
LG Smart TVs, with varying success.

There are three methods to install anacrolix-dms on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install anacrolix-dms Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install anacrolix-dms

Install anacrolix-dms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install anacrolix-dms

Install anacrolix-dms 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 anacrolix-dms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install anacrolix-dms

How To Uninstall anacrolix-dms on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the anacrolix-dms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove anacrolix-dms

Uninstall anacrolix-dms And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove anacrolix-dms

Remove anacrolix-dms Configurations and Data

To remove anacrolix-dms configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge anacrolix-dms

Remove anacrolix-dms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anacrolix-dms

Dependencies

anacrolix-dms have the following dependencies:

References

anacrolix-dms website

Summary

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