How To Install libavresample-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavresample-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libavresample-dev is FFmpeg compatibility library for resampling - development files FFmpeg compatibility library for resampling - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavresample-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libavresample-dev

libavresample-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 is provided for compatibility reasons only. The FFmpeg project advises to use libswresample instead.

This package contains the development files.

Package: libavresample-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel 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: 314 Depends: libavutil-dev (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libavresample4 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavresample-dev_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 63984 MD5sum: d5d8845fc3c0f97fc1875d3a8d4ea3ed SHA1: 4f7dda7fd5883dc4cc2cb85073bcbfddba8ced66 SHA256: 9bba6cb49467839c0c423817afeea32ce2346269aa59e892a155c7bda03bd8c5 Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg compatibility library for resampling - development 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 is provided for compatibility reasons only. The FFmpeg project advises to use libswresample instead.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libavresample-dev 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 libavresample-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 libavresample-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavresample-dev

Install libavresample-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libavresample-dev

Install libavresample-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 libavresample-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavresample-dev

How To Uninstall libavresample-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libavresample-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavresample-dev

Uninstall libavresample-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavresample-dev

Remove libavresample-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libavresample-dev

Remove libavresample-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavresample-dev

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Summary

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