How to Install and Uninstall fbtv Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "fbtv" package

This guide let you learn how to install fbtv on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall fbtv on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fbtv
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fbtv package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: fbtv
Source: xawtv
Version: 3.107-1
Installed-Size: 241
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: v4l-conf, xawtv-plugins (= 3.107-1), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.29), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), liblirc-client0, libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: xawtv
Description: television viewer - Linux framebuffer application
Description-md5: 663dab116ae5420d55e1f7ad2f3ddd95
Homepage: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xawtv
Tag: interface::framebuffer, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::viewing, works-with::video
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xawtv/fbtv_3.107-1_amd64.deb
Size: 101288
MD5sum: 1ec58b288421025eb8adb9d378079caa
SHA256: 21fbe2f00b1ca6d854e711f87d63caf2fbba8da25c07e6099d3483734c4d38a3