How To Install transcode-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install transcode-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. transcode-doc is Text console video-stream processing tool (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install transcode-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is transcode-doc

transcode-doc 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 documentation.

There are three methods to install transcode-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install transcode-doc

Install transcode-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install transcode-doc

Install transcode-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install transcode-doc

How To Uninstall transcode-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the transcode-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove transcode-doc

Uninstall transcode-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall transcode-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove transcode-doc

Remove transcode-doc Configurations and Data

To remove transcode-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge transcode-doc

Remove transcode-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transcode-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install transcode-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.