How To Install libpostproc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostproc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpostproc-dev
libpostproc-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 provides video post processing.
This package contains the development files.
Package: libpostproc-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/misc 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: 210 Depends: libavutil-dev (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libpostproc55 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc-dev_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 55524 MD5sum: 9234b0422c859594cca987b1b4e4015b SHA1: f2a4731991241a648ebc466c8723a91086ba226b SHA256: b7352c4086319734d37f89f8f0ec601302b76f42684e0830c5ebb069e55e8fac Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg library for post processing - 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 provides video post processing.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libpostproc-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 libpostproc-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 libpostproc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpostproc-dev
Install libpostproc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpostproc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpostproc-dev
Install libpostproc-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 libpostproc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpostproc-dev
How To Uninstall libpostproc-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpostproc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpostproc-dev
Uninstall libpostproc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpostproc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpostproc-dev
Remove libpostproc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpostproc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpostproc-dev
Remove libpostproc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpostproc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpostproc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostproc-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
