How To Install libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavformat-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libavformat-dev
libavformat-dev 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 framework for multiplexing and demultiplexing (muxing and demuxing) audio, video and subtitle streams. It encompasses multiple muxers and demuxers for multimedia container formats. It also supports several input and output protocols to access a media resource.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libavformat-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libavformat-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavformat-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavformat-dev
Install libavformat-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavformat-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavformat-dev
Install libavformat-dev 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 libavformat-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavformat-dev
How To Uninstall libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libavformat-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavformat-dev
Uninstall libavformat-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavformat-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavformat-dev
Remove libavformat-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libavformat-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavformat-dev
Remove libavformat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavformat-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavformat-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavformat-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.