How to Install and Uninstall playerctl Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the playerctl on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "playerctl" package

This guide let you learn how to install playerctl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall playerctl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: playerctl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 134
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.90), libplayerctl2 (>= 2.4.1), dbus
Suggests: audacious, cmus, mopidy, mpd, mpv, quodlibet, rhythmbox-plugins, vlc, xmms2
Enhances: awesome, i3-wm, xmonad
Filename: pool/universe/p/playerctl/playerctl_2.4.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 32472
MD5sum: b697efa4174aa2d3c4223b1f9243e1ff
SHA1: 09c02e0b293149ca5b389ded3045fd3b02fd4b57
SHA256: 7d4ff20634e78397a5eeb4a0b7cf83e5350ba83c3677cf701ec9b93df8b896d5
SHA512: b620e14472a77ded98bb666406bd8ea0be2cb87b005bb2016fabf16577779a4e63d6e48825bcee783c13a038d3c93b1c6083dd7536f708d8c056d0f1bd0af17b
Homepage: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl
Description: utility to control media players via MPRIS
Description-md5: 6ed76f079fb1e015ecf189dfa742c490