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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "snappy" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install snappy on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install snappy

2. Uninstall "snappy" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall snappy on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove snappy $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the snappy package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: snappy
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 182
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Maintainers of GStreamer packages
Architecture: amd64
Source: snappy-player
Version: 0.3.7-1.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.12.0), libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 1.0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.32.0), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.5.0), libx11-6, libxtst6, gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-good, gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly, gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, gstreamer1.0-libav
Filename: pool/universe/s/snappy-player/snappy_0.3.7-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 56640
MD5sum: 193b46c414c5603c849993b25f5f8c87
SHA1: 38d95e9c7598a1ebbce504ec0c54eeffe1cc4cd4
SHA256: 151d94abf7e741fe8532ec800a7516277fc33b76a4a196832126ea7516e676cf
Description-en: Powerful media player with a minimalistic interface
snappy is a media player that gathers the power and flexibility of
GStreamer inside the ease of a minimalistic Clutter interface.
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Everything is available through both the mouse and keyboards for
usability comfort and the controls scale depending on the size of
the video and window for readability in all contexts.
Description-md5: 510e74c6a2ea2f9541c2a0603a1ee39b
Homepage: http://projects.gnome.org/snappy/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

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