How To Install libvlc-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlc-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvlc-dev
libvlc-dev is:
This package contains headers and a static library required to build standalone applications that use VLC features.
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
There are three methods to install libvlc-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 libvlc-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 libvlc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvlc-dev
Install libvlc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvlc-dev
Install libvlc-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 libvlc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvlc-dev
How To Uninstall libvlc-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvlc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvlc-dev
Uninstall libvlc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvlc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvlc-dev
Remove libvlc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvlc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvlc-dev
Remove libvlc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvlc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvlc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlc-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
