How to Install and Uninstall playerctl Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "playerctl" package

Please follow the instructions below to install playerctl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall playerctl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: playerctl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 126
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
Filename: pool/universe/p/playerctl/playerctl_2.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 29244
MD5sum: a9a36a75b8edd7e652417c851198c41d
SHA1: f8d32ea83d4349bdf32c0a7e2fcfce0dfd5eb943
SHA256: 4c5782e0016bac7c314fd0423fb65e62f7aa9d95211028a639c63857b67a5b75
SHA512: 8f7919d36353ceb73f3c3ef3a8aaec9926ee7d880ec1583c957f69753d22e0d5bd13779c3f8105c5d49b09f15af83561fa5458fa6fa33c4b6ce6b7a61a4ca195
Homepage: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl
Description-en: utility to control media players via MPRIS
Playerctl is a command-line utility and library for controlling media players
that implement the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification. Compatible players
include audacious, cmus, mopidy, mpd, mpv, quod libet, rhythmbox, spotify,
vlc and xmms2.
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Playerctl makes it easy to bind player actions, such as play and pause,
to media keys. Playerctl also provides an introspectable library accessible
in many popular scripting languages that allows more detailed control like
the ability to subscribe to media player events or get metadata such as
artist and title for the playing track.
Description-md5: 6ed76f079fb1e015ecf189dfa742c490