How To Install gmpc 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 gmpc on Ubuntu.
What is gmpc
gmpc is:
A graphical client for Music Player Daemon. Features include:
- Support for loading/saving playlists
- File Browser
- Browser based on ID3 information
- Search
- Current playlist viewer with search
- ID3 Information
- Cover art (via plugins)
There are three methods to install gmpc 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 gmpc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmpc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmpc
Install gmpc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmpc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmpc
Install gmpc 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 gmpc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmpc
How To Uninstall gmpc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gmpc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmpc
Uninstall gmpc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmpc
Remove gmpc Configurations and Data
To remove gmpc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmpc
Remove gmpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmpc
Dependencies
gmpc have the following dependencies:
- gmpc-data
- libayatana-appindicator1
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libmpd1
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libsqlite3-0
- libx11-6
- libxml2
- zlib1g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmpc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.