How To Install libavfilter7 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter7 on Ubuntu 20.04. libavfilter7 is FFmpeg library containing media filters - runtime files FFmpeg library containing media filters - runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter7 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libavfilter7`

libavfilter7 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 contains the runtime files. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libavfilter7 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: 3638 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), 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), 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 Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavfilter7_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1083784 MD5sum: 7e5be339253f65624f78c7fe853d5a9e SHA1: 904a015d15d8a178ee019b97126a837539d82c8c SHA256: 655490a6c32d7f1c6b3e2bc780fe91968736f7cf2e55257413632fbd5a0cc5ba Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg library containing 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.

There are three methods to install libavfilter7 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 libavfilter7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavfilter7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavfilter7

Install libavfilter7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavfilter7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavfilter7

Install libavfilter7 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 libavfilter7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavfilter7

How To Uninstall libavfilter7 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libavfilter7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavfilter7

Uninstall libavfilter7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavfilter7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavfilter7

Remove libavfilter7 Configurations and Data

To remove libavfilter7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavfilter7

Remove libavfilter7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavfilter7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavfilter7

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter7 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.