How To Install libmedialibrary-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmedialibrary-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. libmedialibrary-dev is library for managing media files in a media library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmedialibrary-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libmedialibrary-dev

libmedialibrary-dev is:

Medialibrary provides tools for media applications to manage their media libraries. It supports media discovery, metadata handling, and a database backend. The latter provides ways to easily search and browse the media library.

This package contains the development files for medialibrary.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmedialibrary-dev

Install libmedialibrary-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmedialibrary-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmedialibrary-dev

How To Uninstall libmedialibrary-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libmedialibrary-dev

Uninstall libmedialibrary-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmedialibrary-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmedialibrary-dev

Remove libmedialibrary-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmedialibrary-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmedialibrary-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmedialibrary-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.