How to Install and Uninstall freetuxtv Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "freetuxtv" package

This tutorial shows how to install freetuxtv on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall freetuxtv on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                freetuxtv
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the freetuxtv package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: freetuxtv
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 1186
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.6~dfsg1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libvlc5 (>= 1.1.0), vlc
Filename: pool/universe/f/freetuxtv/freetuxtv_0.6.6~dfsg1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 243442
MD5sum: 2c3a225fbcbd2036afeaa5d1c6fadda0
SHA1: 5e754945c721487a2fa4f24cd3877fd4860f870d
SHA256: 924e43ee7a82f925ff644e46b5c4261a9f2565971f788001881555573f031eee
Description-en: Internet television and radio player
FreetuxTV is a media player for watching and recording TV on a PC. It
gives access to a large and growing database of free WebTV, WebRadio, and
WebCam channels in more than 20 languages, along with television services
provided by ISPs to their subscribers.
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It relies on VLC for its multimedia codecs.
Description-md5: 3615c1dbcc09d1a31e780dd9fbb76ecf
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/freetuxtv/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu