How To Install libavcodec-extra on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-extra on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libavcodec-extra
libavcodec-extra 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 metapackage depends on the latest version of the libavcodec variant that offers additional codec support. Application packages can depend on it if they require or suggest this variant in a robust manner.
Package: libavcodec-extra Architecture: amd64 Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: universe/libs Source: ffmpeg Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 64 Depends: libavcodec-extra58 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-extra_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 14840 MD5sum: 542e638931999cea659d62f62ae3f1ac SHA1: f21993a5925c2b2b37812a33e9830b53ee0f7eda SHA256: e14d211e3d5ed43c01a39c87d52901997612f53f00e9dfe8ad3e68132f4de9db Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage) 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 metapackage depends on the latest version of the libavcodec variant that offers additional codec support. Application packages can depend on it if they require or suggest this variant in a robust manner.
There are three methods to install libavcodec-extra on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libavcodec-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec-extra
Install libavcodec-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavcodec-extra
Install libavcodec-extra 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavcodec-extra
How To Uninstall libavcodec-extra on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libavcodec-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavcodec-extra
Uninstall libavcodec-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavcodec-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcodec-extra
Remove libavcodec-extra Configurations and Data
To remove libavcodec-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavcodec-extra
Remove libavcodec-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavcodec-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcodec-extra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-extra package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
