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.
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libavcodec-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra
using apt
by running the following command:
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.
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libavcodec-extra on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libavcodec-extra
package we can use the following command:
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:
Remove libavcodec-extra Configurations and Data
To remove libavcodec-extra
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
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:
Dependencies
libavcodec-extra have the following dependencies:
References
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
.