How to Install and Uninstall multimedia-players Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "multimedia-players" package

This tutorial shows how to install multimedia-players on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                multimedia-players
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "multimedia-players" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall multimedia-players on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: multimedia-players
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 22
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: debian-multimedia
Version: 0.4ubuntu1
Depends: multimedia-tasks (= 0.4ubuntu1)
Recommends: audacious, browser-plugin-vlc, bs1770gain, cantata, cmus, faad, flactag, freetuxtv, glyrc, gmerlin, gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg, gmerlin-encoders-good, gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder, gmusicbrowser, gnome-mplayer, gpac, groovebasin, guayadeque, isrcsubmit, kodi, mjpegtools, mjpegtools-gtk, moc, mopidy-local-sqlite, mopidy-podcast, mopidy-podcast-gpodder, mopidy-podcast-itunes, mopidy-youtube, mp4v2-utils, mpd-sima, mpeg2dec, mpg123, opencubicplayer, showq, silan, smplayer, smplayer-themes, smtube, streamtuner2, vlc, vlc-plugin-jack
Suggests: aqualung, audacious-plugins, audiotools, beatbox, cloudruby, deadbeef, despotify, easytag, easytag-nautilus, eina-player, flac123, flash-player-mp3, flashplugin-nonfree-pulse, foobnix, fuoco-converter, gecko-mediaplayer, genivi-audio-manager, gmerlin-encoders-extra, gmpc-plugin-coveramazon, gstreamer-sharp-1.0, ha-audacious, jampal, lastfm-desktop, laudio, libgstreamer-java, mediagoblin, mp3fs, mpcut, mpdas, mpx, mtpsync, mudkip-player, nightingale, osd-lyrics, panucci, phonon-backend-mplayer, playdar, pogo, pragha, pythm, sayonara, vdr-plugin-vnsiserver, videolan-doc, xbmc
Filename: pool/universe/d/debian-multimedia/multimedia-players_0.4ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 4168
MD5sum: 8f3111b37978fab56af189b331bf5ba4
SHA1: 9ab1b369c62b370efbdce41ce261f96147962719
SHA256: 665e48a3fd7c63aac655e3118e25dfb2c4631dfea6b15dbea2696163e32d427b
Description-en: Packages which makes your multimedia tools complete
This metapackage will install additional 'consumer' multimedia software.
Description-md5: 7754272dc74435dda3eb6350cf937a18
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu