How To Install gst123 on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install gst123

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is gst123 and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install gst123 on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install gst123 using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install gst123 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gst123

Install gst123 using apt

Because gst123 is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install gst123 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gst123

Install gst123 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install gst123 by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gst123

How to upgrade (update) a single package gst123 using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the gst123, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install gst123

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install gst123

How To Uninstall gst123 from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the gst123 package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gst123

Uninstall gst123 and all its dependencies

To uninstall gst123 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gst123

Remove gst123 with all configurations and data

To remove gst123 configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gst123

Remove gst123 completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to gst123 package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gst123

Extra info and code examples

The program gst123 is designed to be a more flexible command line player in the spirit of ogg123 and mpg123, based on GStreamer. It plays all file formats supported by GStreamer, so if you have audio/video collections which contain different file formats, like flac, ogg and mp3, you can use gst123 to play all your audio/video files.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install gst123 using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the gst123 from Ubuntu 22.04.

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