How To Install libx264-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libx264-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libx264-dev is development files for libx264

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx264-dev on Debian 10.

What is libx264-dev

libx264-dev is:

libx264 is an advanced encoding library for creating H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video streams.

This package contains the static library and headers used to build programs that use libx264.

There are three methods to install libx264-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libx264-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 libx264-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libx264-dev

Install libx264-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libx264-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libx264-dev

Install libx264-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libx264-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libx264-dev

How To Uninstall libx264-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libx264-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libx264-dev

Uninstall libx264-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libx264-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx264-dev

Remove libx264-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libx264-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libx264-dev

Remove libx264-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libx264-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx264-dev

Dependencies

libx264-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx264-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.