How To Install libavutil56 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavutil56 on Ubuntu 20.04. libavutil56 is FFmpeg library with functions for simplifying programming - runtime files FFmpeg library with functions for simplifying programming - runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavutil56 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libavutil56`

libavutil56 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 a utility library to aid portable multimedia programming. It contains safe portable string functions, random number generators, data structures, additional mathematics functions, cryptography and multimedia related functionality (like enumerations for pixel and sample formats). It is not a library for code needed by both libavcodec and libavformat. The goal for this library is to be modular, small, efficient and useful.

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

Package: libavutil56 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: 704 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1), libva-drm2 (>= 1.3), libva-x11-2 (>= 1.3), libva2 (>= 2.1.0), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libx11-6, 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/libavutil56_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 241240 MD5sum: be8a6920df38028fbe884f127d07d72f SHA1: 4d298220e4de6bb43c37681bba1e5013f779e707 SHA256: c39ffd174b221b1f9ed861dc313e3bba9eb2f560659ecd9d7580a3b5d964380c Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg library with functions for simplifying programming - 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.

There are three methods to install libavutil56 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 libavutil56 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavutil56 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavutil56

Install libavutil56 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavutil56 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavutil56

Install libavutil56 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 libavutil56 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavutil56

How To Uninstall libavutil56 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libavutil56 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavutil56

Uninstall libavutil56 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavutil56 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavutil56

Remove libavutil56 Configurations and Data

To remove libavutil56 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavutil56

Remove libavutil56 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavutil56 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavutil56

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavutil56 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.