How To Install libav-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libav-tools on Debian 9.
What is libav-tools
libav-tools is:
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.
This is a transitional package that provides the following links:
- avconv -> ffmpeg
- avplay -> ffplay
- avprobe -> ffprobe This package can be removed, when nothing uses the av* program names anymore.
There are three methods to install libav-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libav-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libav-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libav-tools
Install libav-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libav-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libav-tools
Install libav-tools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libav-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libav-tools
How To Uninstall libav-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libav-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libav-tools
Uninstall libav-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libav-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libav-tools
Remove libav-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libav-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libav-tools
Remove libav-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libav-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libav-tools
Dependencies
libav-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libav-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
