How To Install libavfilter-extra7 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter-extra7 on Ubuntu 20.04. libavfilter-extra7 is FFmpeg library with extra media filters - runtime files FFmpeg library with extra media filters - runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter-extra7 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libavfilter-extra7

libavfilter-extra7 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 audio/video filtering framework containing several filters, sources and sinks.

This package replaces the libavfilter6 package and contains the following additional filters:

  • Lens correction using Lensfun
  • Optical Character Recognition (uses Tesseract)
  • SOFAlizer (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics, uses netcdf)

Because this package links against libraries that are licensed under Apache License 2.0, the resulting binaries are distributed under the GPL version 3 or later.

Package: libavfilter-extra7 Architecture: amd64 Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional 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: 3655 Provides: libavfilter7 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) Depends: libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libavcodec58 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libavutil56 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libflite1 (>= 1.4-release-9~), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), liblensfun1 (>= 0.3.2), liblilv-0-0 (>= 0.14.2~dfsg0), libmysofa1 (>= 0.7~), libpostproc55 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), librubberband2 (>= 1.8.2), libswresample3 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libswscale5 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libtesseract4, libva2 (>= 1.7.3), libvidstab1.1, libzmq5 (>= 3.2.3+dfsg), ocl-icd-libopencl1 | libopencl1, ocl-icd-libopencl1 (>= 1.0) | libopencl-1.1-1, ocl-icd-libopencl1 (>= 1.0) | libopencl-1.2-1 Conflicts: libavfilter7 Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavfilter-extra7_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1089192 MD5sum: 98949b976601ff52027a4d45b6f9e852 SHA1: 20d6e03ab30acad59c117391896b5c0296b7f5b0 SHA256: 99e8d87014937e870cef4eae305c219da160520ab0c172124b13665ddec38c31 Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg library with extra media filters - runtime files 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 audio/video filtering framework containing several filters, sources and sinks.

This package replaces the libavfilter6 package and contains the following additional filters:

  • Lens correction using Lensfun
  • Optical Character Recognition (uses Tesseract)
  • SOFAlizer (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics, uses netcdf)

Because this package links against libraries that are licensed under Apache License 2.0, the resulting binaries are distributed under the GPL version 3 or later.

There are three methods to install libavfilter-extra7 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 libavfilter-extra7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavfilter-extra7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavfilter-extra7

Install libavfilter-extra7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavfilter-extra7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavfilter-extra7

Install libavfilter-extra7 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 libavfilter-extra7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavfilter-extra7

How To Uninstall libavfilter-extra7 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libavfilter-extra7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavfilter-extra7

Uninstall libavfilter-extra7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavfilter-extra7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavfilter-extra7

Remove libavfilter-extra7 Configurations and Data

To remove libavfilter-extra7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavfilter-extra7

Remove libavfilter-extra7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavfilter-extra7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavfilter-extra7

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter-extra7 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.