How To Install xawtv-tools 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 xawtv-tools on Ubuntu.
What is xawtv-tools
xawtv-tools is:
XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and webcams.
This package provides some tools that may be useful with xawtv:
- propwatch: monitors properties of X11 windows. Helps to keep track of xawtv’s _XAWTV_STATION property;
- dump-mixers: dumps mixer settings to stdout;
- record: console sound recorder. It has a simple input level meter which might be useful for troubleshooting sound problems;
- showriff: display the structure of RIFF files (avi, wav).
There are three methods to install xawtv-tools 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 xawtv-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xawtv-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xawtv-tools
Install xawtv-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xawtv-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xawtv-tools
Install xawtv-tools 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 xawtv-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xawtv-tools
How To Uninstall xawtv-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xawtv-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xawtv-tools
Uninstall xawtv-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xawtv-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xawtv-tools
Remove xawtv-tools Configurations and Data
To remove xawtv-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xawtv-tools
Remove xawtv-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xawtv-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xawtv-tools
Dependencies
xawtv-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xawtv-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.