How To Install libavcodec57 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec57 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libavcodec57
libavcodec57 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 library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle streams, and several bitstream filters.
The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation.
This package contains the runtime files.
There are three methods to install libavcodec57 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libavcodec57 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec57 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec57
Install libavcodec57 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec57 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavcodec57
Install libavcodec57 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 libavcodec57 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavcodec57
How To Uninstall libavcodec57 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libavcodec57 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavcodec57
Uninstall libavcodec57 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavcodec57 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcodec57
Remove libavcodec57 Configurations and Data
To remove libavcodec57 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavcodec57
Remove libavcodec57 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavcodec57 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcodec57
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec57 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
