How to Install and Uninstall dvb-apps Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "dvb-apps" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dvb-apps on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dvb-apps
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dvb-apps" package

Learn how to uninstall dvb-apps on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dvb-apps
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dvb-apps package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dvb-apps
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.1+rev1500-1.4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Source: linuxtv-dvb-apps
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian VDR Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3226
Provides: alevt
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libx11-6, libzvbi0 (>= 0.2.35), makedev | udev, dtv-scan-tables
Conflicts: alevt, libxbase2.0-bin, libxdb-dev, nmh (<< 1.5-release-2)
Replaces: dvb-utils, nmh (<< 1.5-release-2)
Filename: pool/universe/l/linuxtv-dvb-apps/dvb-apps_1.1.1+rev1500-1.4_amd64.deb
Size: 1215560
MD5sum: 2a8880ea2efb4c1e60b650ec7228f3d5
SHA1: b280967722ae74c8474095cb03e3b63a89db9fc5
SHA256: c984adff06aeb915d88c1cfef7df293ddb1319bcdc33ea67239a7b88dd58505e
SHA512: b217ac318f9838470b640a32f025d2086fddd6cadec7ccbd56ea05165cfd4e0420f4eb973dfedd47fbc7e8b51d11d392740a34f7a5d0ada3102757beec45ce56
Homepage: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/LinuxTV_dvb-apps
Description-en: Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) applications
Applications and utilities geared towards the initial setup, testing
and operation of an DVB device supporting the DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T,
and ATSC standards.
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Main User Applications:
. scan - Scan for channels on your digital TV device
. dvbscan - Another frequency scanning tool
. czap, szap, tzap - Tuning utilities for DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T
. azap - Tuning utility for ATSC
. gnutv - Tune, watch and stream your TV
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General Utilities:
. dvbdate - Set your clock from digital TV
. dvbnet - Control digital data network interfaces
. dvbtraffic - Monitor traffic on a digital device
. femon - Monitor the tuning on a digital TV device
. zap - *Just* tunes a digital device
. atsc_epg - Display ATSC Electronic Program Guide (next programs)
. alevt - Teletext browser
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Hardware Specific Utilities:
. util/av7110_loadkeys - Load remote keys into an av7110 based card
. util/dib3000-watch - Monitor DIB3000 demodulators
. util/dst-utils - Utilities for DST based cards
. util/ttusb_dec_reset - Reset a TechnoTrends TTUSB DEC device
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Libraries:
. lib/libdvbapi - Interface library to digital TV devices
. lib/libdvbcfg - Library to parse/create digital TV channel
. lib/libdvbsec - Library for Satellite Equipment Control operations
. lib/libucsi - Fast MPEG2 Transport Stream SI table parsing library
. lib/libdvben50221- Implementation of a Cenelec EN 50221 CAM stack
. lib/libdvbmisc - Miscellaneous utilities used by the other libraries
Description-md5: e8ba88ef5f32a52a6cafaa7a02e4bfb9