How To Install qtav-players 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 qtav-players on Ubuntu.

What is `qtav-players`

qtav-players is:

QtAV is a multimedia playback framework based on Qt and FFmpeg. High performance. User & developer friendly.

This package contains the QtAV based players

There are three methods to install qtav-players 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 qtav-players Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qtav-players

Install qtav-players Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qtav-players

Install qtav-players 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 qtav-players using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qtav-players

How To Uninstall qtav-players on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qtav-players package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qtav-players

Uninstall qtav-players And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtav-players

Remove qtav-players Configurations and Data

To remove qtav-players configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtav-players

Remove qtav-players configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtav-players

Dependencies

qtav-players have the following dependencies:

References

qtav-players website

Summary

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