How To Install transcode-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install transcode-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is transcode-dbg
transcode-dbg is:
Transcode is a text console video-stream processing tool. It supports elementary video and audio frame transformations. Some example modules are included to enable import of MPEG-1/2, Digital Video, and other formats. It also includes export modules for writing to AVI files with DivX, OpenDivX, XviD, Digital Video or other codecs. Direct DVD transcoding is also supported. A set of tools is available to extract and decode the sources into raw video/audio streams for import and to enable post-processing of AVI files.
This package contains the debug symbols for the transcode programs.
There are three methods to install transcode-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install transcode-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install transcode-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install transcode-dbg
Install transcode-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install transcode-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install transcode-dbg
Install transcode-dbg 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 transcode-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install transcode-dbg
How To Uninstall transcode-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the transcode-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove transcode-dbg
Uninstall transcode-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall transcode-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove transcode-dbg
Remove transcode-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove transcode-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge transcode-dbg
Remove transcode-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove transcode-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transcode-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install transcode-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
