How To Install libxine2-bin 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 libxine2-bin on Ubuntu.
What is libxine2-bin
libxine2-bin is:
This package contains the core library of the xine video/media player engine.
Libxine provides the complete infrastructure for a video/media player. It supports MPEG 1/2 and some AVI and Quicktime videos out of the box, so you can use it to play DVDs, (S)VCDs and most video files out there. It supports network streams, subtitles and even MP3 or Ogg files. It’s extensible to your heart’s content via plugins for audio and video output, input media, demuxers (stream types), audio/video and subtitle codecs.
There are three methods to install libxine2-bin 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 libxine2-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxine2-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxine2-bin
Install libxine2-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxine2-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxine2-bin
Install libxine2-bin 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 libxine2-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxine2-bin
How To Uninstall libxine2-bin on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxine2-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxine2-bin
Uninstall libxine2-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxine2-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxine2-bin
Remove libxine2-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libxine2-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxine2-bin
Remove libxine2-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxine2-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxine2-bin
Dependencies
libxine2-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxine2-bin package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.