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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "mpv" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mpv on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: mpv
Version: 0.29.1-1
Installed-Size: 2378
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.1.2), libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.0), libavdevice58 (>= 7:4.0), libavfilter7 (>= 7:4.0), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.0), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), 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), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.62), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libgbm1 (>= 8.1~0), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.6), liblua5.2-0, libpulse0 (>= 0.99.4), librubberband2, libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.8), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libsndio7.0 (>= 1.1.0), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libuchardet0 (>= 0.0.1), libva-drm2 (>= 1.1.0), libva-wayland2 (>= 1.3.0), libva-x11-2 (>= 1.0.3), libva2 (>= 2.1.0), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvulkan1, libwayland-client0 (>= 1.9.91), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.2), libxss1, libxv1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xdg-utils, youtube-dl (>= 2014.11.26)
Description: video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
Description-md5: 42d61bf874a5fe751d6c1a8601d1276d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://mpv.io/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
sound::player, uitoolkit::sdl, uitoolkit::xlib, use::playing,
works-with-format::mp3, works-with-format::oggtheora,
works-with-format::oggvorbis, works-with-format::wav,
works-with::audio, works-with::video, x11::application
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mpv/mpv_0.29.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 959744
MD5sum: 106dca7f2632d6ef9ea8e945a33eff47
SHA256: ab19d250c59c3330d8982f47d520f43d655a4054e3b043e2ed5131df3a064df8