How To Install crtmpserver 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 crtmpserver on Ubuntu.

What is `crtmpserver`

crtmpserver is:

crtmpserver is a high performance streaming server able to stream (live or recorded) in the following technologies:

To and from Flash (RTMP,RTMPE, RTMPS, RTMPT, RTMPTE)
To and from embedded devices: iPhone, Android
From surveillance cameras
IP-TV using MPEG-TS and RTSP/RTCP/RTP protocols

Also, crtmpserver can be used as a high performance rendes-vous server. For example, it enables you to do:

Audio/Video conferencing
Online gaming
Online collaboration
Simple/complex chat applications

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install crtmpserver

Install crtmpserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install crtmpserver

Install crtmpserver 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 crtmpserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crtmpserver

How To Uninstall crtmpserver on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove crtmpserver

Uninstall crtmpserver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crtmpserver

Remove crtmpserver Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge crtmpserver

Remove crtmpserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crtmpserver

Dependencies

crtmpserver have the following dependencies:

References

crtmpserver website

Summary

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