How To Install winff-qt on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install winff-qt on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is winff-qt
winff-qt is:
WinFF is a graphical user interface for FFmpeg. It will convert almost any video file that FFmpeg will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can, for example, convert mpeg’s, flv’s, and mov’s into avi’s (or DVD/VCD format or MPEG or 3gp etc.) all at once.
Users usually want to install the winff package and let their package manager decide which winff variant to use. If you want to override the packager’s choice, you can additionally select the required variant. This package provides the Qt variant of winff.
There are three methods to install winff-qt 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 winff-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install winff-qt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install winff-qt
Install winff-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install winff-qt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install winff-qt
Install winff-qt 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 winff-qt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install winff-qt
How To Uninstall winff-qt on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the winff-qt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove winff-qt
Uninstall winff-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall winff-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove winff-qt
Remove winff-qt Configurations and Data
To remove winff-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge winff-qt
Remove winff-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove winff-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge winff-qt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install winff-qt package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
