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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "playerctl" package

Please follow the steps below to install playerctl on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall playerctl on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: playerctl
Version: 2.3.1-1
Installed-Size: 126
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.90), libplayerctl2 (>= 2.3.1), dbus
Suggests: audacious, cmus, mopidy, mpd, mpv, quodlibet, rhythmbox-plugins, vlc, xmms2
Enhances: awesome, i3-wm, xmonad
Description: utility to control media players via MPRIS
Description-md5: 6ed76f079fb1e015ecf189dfa742c490
Homepage: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/playerctl/playerctl_2.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 35000
MD5sum: 90161030e4269de066f6051920df068a
SHA256: d9154fbb52b95401869fc914f9dadca1cbfa9974e16612e408390ca4c97c30e3