How to Install and Uninstall get-iplayer Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "get-iplayer" package

Please follow the instructions below to install get-iplayer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                get-iplayer
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "get-iplayer" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall get-iplayer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: get-iplayer
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 705
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Wiltshire
Architecture: all
Version: 2.94-1
Depends: rtmpdump | flvstreamer, libwww-perl, libxml-simple-perl, perl
Recommends: id3v2, libmp3-info-perl, atomicparsley
Suggests: mplayer, ffmpeg | libav-tools
Filename: pool/universe/g/get-iplayer/get-iplayer_2.94-1_all.deb
Size: 144016
MD5sum: 052a082efbdcc1ea0f944cedb061385b
SHA1: 99d0cf8653a0f4da331641fbe5b0f4d593dd2273
SHA256: 7e087b04c119b687c42843110b67114c38ee0ee2a955646a41af239707b9402c
Description-en: download/stream available BBC iPlayer TV and radio programmes
get_iplayer lists, searches and records BBC iPlayer TV/Radio, BBC Podcast
programmes. Other third-party plugins may be available.
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get_iplayer has three modes: recording a complete programme for later
playback, streaming a programme directly to a playback application,
such as mplayer; and as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR), subscribing to
search terms and recording programmes automatically. It can also stream
or record live BBC iPlayer output.
Description-md5: a2bb6c56842aa8d20d70869999764a54
Homepage: http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu