How to Install and Uninstall mplayer Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mplayer" package

This guide let you learn how to install mplayer on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mplayer
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mplayer" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mplayer on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mplayer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mplayer package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: mplayer
Source: mplayer (2:1.3.0-8)
Version: 2:1.3.0-8+b4
Installed-Size: 5288
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mencoder (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer-doc (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer-nogui (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer2
Depends: liba52-0.7.4, libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libaudio2, libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.0), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.0), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.27), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+0.94+2), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+0.94+2), libcdio18 (>= 2.0.0), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdirectfb-1.7-7 (>= 1.7.7), libdv4 (>= 1.0.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), liblirc-client0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.0), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1, libx11-6, libx264-155, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxss1, libxv1, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libxvmc1, libxxf86dga1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc, netselect | fping
Conflicts: mplayer2
Description: movie player for Unix-like systems
Description-md5: e1a06607c7bcbd25d2abd6bdf83b871b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::sdl,
x11::application
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mplayer/mplayer_1.3.0-8+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 2314936
MD5sum: d752739a31f9fa90c8c23c7bc002d091
SHA256: 18696f3154ddf8b433e00bdd3629d065b63a07264ef9a91335ddca21588cc3ce