How To Install gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg
gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg is:
This GStreamer plugin supports a large number of audio and video compression formats through the use of the libav library. The plugin contains GStreamer elements for encoding 40+ formats (MPEG, DivX, MPEG4, AC3, DV, …), decoding elements for decoding 90+ formats (AVI, MPEG, OGG, Matroska, ASF, …), demuxing 30+ formats and colorspace conversion.
http://www.libav.org/ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-libav.html
This package contains unstripped shared libraries. It is provided primarily to provide a backtrace with names in a debugger, this makes it somewhat easier to interpret core dumps. The libraries are installed in /usr/lib/debug and are automatically used by gdb.
There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-libav-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 gstreamer1.0-libav-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 gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg
Install gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg
Install gstreamer1.0-libav-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 gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg
How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg
Uninstall gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg
Remove gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg
Remove gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-libav-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
