How To Install libx265-165 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libx265-165 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libx265-165 is H.265/HEVC video stream encoder (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx265-165 on Debian 10.

What is libx265-165

libx265-165 is:

libx265 is an encoding library for creating H.265/High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) video streams.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libx265-165 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 libx265-165 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libx265-165 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libx265-165

Install libx265-165 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libx265-165 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libx265-165

Install libx265-165 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 libx265-165 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libx265-165

How To Uninstall libx265-165 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libx265-165 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libx265-165

Uninstall libx265-165 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libx265-165 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx265-165

Remove libx265-165 Configurations and Data

To remove libx265-165 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libx265-165

Remove libx265-165 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libx265-165 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx265-165

Dependencies

libx265-165 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx265-165 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.