How To Install libspa-ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspa-ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libspa-ffmpeg
libspa-ffmpeg is:
PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines. This includes:
- Making available sources of video (such as from a capture devices or application provided streams) and multiplexing this with clients.
- Accessing sources of video for consumption.
- Generating graphs for audio and video processing.
This package contains the ffmpeg plugins.
There are three methods to install libspa-ffmpeg 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 libspa-ffmpeg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspa-ffmpeg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspa-ffmpeg
Install libspa-ffmpeg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspa-ffmpeg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspa-ffmpeg
Install libspa-ffmpeg 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 libspa-ffmpeg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspa-ffmpeg
How To Uninstall libspa-ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libspa-ffmpeg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspa-ffmpeg
Uninstall libspa-ffmpeg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspa-ffmpeg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspa-ffmpeg
Remove libspa-ffmpeg Configurations and Data
To remove libspa-ffmpeg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspa-ffmpeg
Remove libspa-ffmpeg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspa-ffmpeg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspa-ffmpeg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspa-ffmpeg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
