How To Install ffcvt on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffcvt on Debian 10.
What is ffcvt
ffcvt is:
ffcvt - ffmpeg convert wrapper to make it simple to do high efficiency audio/video compression (Opus/H.265) encoding, and for youtube as well.
The next-generation High Efficiency Video codec (HEVC), H.265 can produce videos visually comparable to libx264’s, but in about half the size; Meanwhile the Opus audio codec is becoming the best thing ever for compressing audio – A 64K Opus audio stream is comparable to mp3 files of 128K to 256K bandwidth. The ffcvt makes use of such fantastic high efficiency audio/video codec/encoding capability while shielding people from the complicated ffmpeg command line option settings, while versatile and powerful enough to allow advanced users to touch every corner of audio/video encoding.
There are three methods to install ffcvt 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 ffcvt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffcvt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffcvt
Install ffcvt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffcvt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffcvt
Install ffcvt 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 ffcvt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffcvt
How To Uninstall ffcvt on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ffcvt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffcvt
Uninstall ffcvt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffcvt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffcvt
Remove ffcvt Configurations and Data
To remove ffcvt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffcvt
Remove ffcvt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffcvt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffcvt
Dependencies
ffcvt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffcvt package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.