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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "playerctl" package

Please follow the instructions below to install playerctl on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install playerctl

2. Uninstall "playerctl" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall playerctl on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove playerctl $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the playerctl package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: playerctl
Version: 2.0.1-1
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.90), libplayerctl2 (>= 2.0.1), dbus
Suggests: audacious, cmus, mopidy, mpd, quodlibet, rhythmbox-plugins, vlc, xmms2
Enhances: awesome, i3-wm, xmonad
Description: utility to control media players via MPRIS
Description-md5: eee9d896b54f5574dca7264a9b169129
Homepage: https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/playerctl/playerctl_2.0.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 19324
MD5sum: aa5bab16d7ac101cb2e508635c7a830c
SHA256: cafffdbf88416800ba25e3845931c277af6d17f5bddc0477d94af2c4ec128685