How To Install libmlt7 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt7 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libmlt7
libmlt7 is:
MLT is an open source multimedia framework, designed and developed for television broadcasting. It provides a toolkit for broadcasters, video editors, media players, transcoders, web streamers and many more types of applications. The functionality of the system is provided via an assortment of ready to use tools, xml authoring components, and an extendible plug-in based API.
This package contains the files necessary for running applications that use the MLT multimedia framework.
There are three methods to install libmlt7 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 libmlt7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlt7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmlt7
Install libmlt7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlt7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmlt7
Install libmlt7 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 libmlt7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmlt7
How To Uninstall libmlt7 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libmlt7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmlt7
Uninstall libmlt7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmlt7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlt7
Remove libmlt7 Configurations and Data
To remove libmlt7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmlt7
Remove libmlt7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmlt7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlt7
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt7 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
