How To Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly is:
GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins.
This package contains plugins from the “ugly” set, a set of good-quality plug-ins that might pose distribution problems. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-budgie-desktop Gstreamer-Decoders: application/vnd.rn-realmedia; application/x-pn-realaudio; application/x-rdt, media=(string)application, encoding-name=(string)X-REAL-RDT; application/x-rtp, media=(string){ application, video, audio }, payload=(int)[ 96, 127 ], encoding-name=(string)X-ASF-PF; audio/AMR; audio/AMR-WB; audio/ac3; audio/x-ac3; audio/x-lpcm; audio/x-private-ts-lpcm; audio/x-private1-ac3; audio/x-private1-lpcm; audio/x-private2-lpcm; audio/x-sid; video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)[ 1, 2 ], systemstream=(boolean)false; video/x-ms-asf Gstreamer-Elements: a52dec, amrnbdec, amrnbenc, amrwbdec, asfdemux, cdiocddasrc, dvdlpcmdec, dvdreadsrc, dvdsubdec, dvdsubparse, mpeg2dec, pnmsrc, rademux, rdtdepay, rdtmanager, rmdemux, rtpasfdepay, rtspreal, rtspwms, siddec, x264enc, xingmux Gstreamer-Encoders: audio/AMR; audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)1, layer=(int)[ 1, 3 ]; video/x-h264, stream-format=(string){ avc, byte-stream }, alignment=(string)au, profile=(string){ high-4:4:4, high-4:2:2, high-10, high, main, baseline, constrained-baseline, high-4:4:4-intra, high-4:2:2-intra, high-10-intra } Gstreamer-Uri-Sources: cdda, dvd, pnm Gstreamer-Version: 1.16
There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-plugins-ugly 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-plugins-ugly
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly 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-plugins-ugly
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
Uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
Remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
Remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.