How To Install libmtp9 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 libmtp9 on Ubuntu.
What is libmtp9
libmtp9 is:
libmtp is a library for communicating with MTP aware devices in POSIX compliant operating systems. It implements MTP Basic, the subset proposed for standardization.
The Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is a devised set of custom extensions to support the transfer of music files on USB digital audio players and movie files on USB portable media players.
There are three methods to install libmtp9 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 libmtp9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmtp9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmtp9
Install libmtp9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmtp9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmtp9
Install libmtp9 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 libmtp9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmtp9
How To Uninstall libmtp9 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmtp9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmtp9
Uninstall libmtp9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmtp9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmtp9
Remove libmtp9 Configurations and Data
To remove libmtp9 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmtp9
Remove libmtp9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmtp9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmtp9
Dependencies
libmtp9 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmtp9 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.