How To Install libavcodec-extra on Debian 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-extra on Debian 10.

What is libavcodec-extra

libavcodec-extra is:

FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

This metapackage depends on the latest version of the libavcodec variant that offers additional codec support. Application packages can depend on it if they require or suggest this variant in a robust manner.

There are three methods to install libavcodec-extra 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 libavcodec-extra Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec-extra

Install libavcodec-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libavcodec-extra

Install libavcodec-extra 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 libavcodec-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavcodec-extra

How To Uninstall libavcodec-extra on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libavcodec-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavcodec-extra

Uninstall libavcodec-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavcodec-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcodec-extra

Remove libavcodec-extra Configurations and Data

To remove libavcodec-extra configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavcodec-extra

Remove libavcodec-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcodec-extra

Dependencies

libavcodec-extra have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec-extra58

References

• libavcodec-extra website
• libavcodec-extra on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-extra package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.