Post #566365
2026-03-07 06:58 UTC
That depends on your distro. On Debian/ubuntu(-based) distro’s, you can try apt list --installed playerctl, which will output nothing if the package isn’t yet installed, or the package name with version info if it is installed. To install it, run sudo apt install playerctl
On arch(-based) distro’s, you can try pacman -Qi playerctl, which should return an error if there is no such package installed, or several lines of info if it is installed. To install it, run sudo pacman -S playerctl, ideally after running a full system upgrade with sudo pacman -Syu
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@floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-07 11:34
Testing if the current shell can execute something does not require looking at the installed packages, there are portable ways to do that