How To Install libxine2-console 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-console on Ubuntu.
What is libxine2-console
libxine2-console is:
This package contains plugins for the xine video/media player engine, which are commonly used on the command line. In detail, this package contains the framebuffer (fb), directfb, libaa and libcaca output plugins.
If you want to view your videos in an xterm, you want to install this package.
There are three methods to install libxine2-console 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-console 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-console using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxine2-console
Install libxine2-console Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxine2-console using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxine2-console
Install libxine2-console 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-console using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxine2-console
How To Uninstall libxine2-console on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxine2-console package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxine2-console
Uninstall libxine2-console And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxine2-console and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxine2-console
Remove libxine2-console Configurations and Data
To remove libxine2-console configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxine2-console
Remove libxine2-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxine2-console configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxine2-console
Dependencies
libxine2-console have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxine2-console package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.