How To Install libffms2-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-dev on Debian 9. libffms2-dev is Development files for libffms2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-dev on Debian 9.

What is libffms2-dev

libffms2-dev is:

A cross platform ffmpeg wrapper library, and some additional content for things ffmpeg doesn’t handle well. A more friendly API and an easy way to say “open and decompress this, I don’t care how”.

This package contain headers and other files needed to compile and link against libffms2.

There are three methods to install libffms2-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libffms2-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 libffms2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libffms2-dev

Install libffms2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libffms2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libffms2-dev

Install libffms2-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libffms2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libffms2-dev

How To Uninstall libffms2-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libffms2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libffms2-dev

Uninstall libffms2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libffms2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffms2-dev

Remove libffms2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libffms2-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libffms2-dev

Remove libffms2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libffms2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffms2-dev

Dependencies

libffms2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.