How To Install libavcodec58 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec58 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libavcodec58
libavcodec58 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 library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle streams, and several bitstream filters.
The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation.
This package contains the runtime files. Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Package: libavcodec58 Architecture: amd64 Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: ffmpeg Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 14285 Depends: libaom0 (>= 1.0.0), libavutil56 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcodec2-0.9, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgsm1 (>= 1.0.18), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libmp3lame0 (>= 3.100), libopenjp2-7 (>= 2.0.0), libopus0 (>= 1.1), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libshine3 (>= 3.1.0), libsnappy1v5 (>= 1.1.8), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtwolame0 (>= 0.3.10), libva2 (>= 2.2.0), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libvpx6 (>= 1.6.0), libwavpack1 (>= 4.40.0), libwebp6 (>= 0.5.1), libwebpmux3 (>= 0.6.1-2), libx264-155, libx265-179 (>= 3.2), libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libzvbi0 (>= 0.2.35), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0) Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec58_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 4880392 MD5sum: e40fd81bb72072522cbbcb8ccc038575 SHA1: fa32df655bb52c519a597e9693cc0b8b0e64b38c SHA256: 0c73757aae4e791b7411beb90e74c9bde438c2d329af5bff3bbbca8286ee9c96 Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - runtime files 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 library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle streams, and several bitstream filters.
The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation.
This package contains the runtime files. Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
There are three methods to install libavcodec58 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 libavcodec58 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec58 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec58
Install libavcodec58 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec58 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavcodec58
Install libavcodec58 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 libavcodec58 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavcodec58
How To Uninstall libavcodec58 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libavcodec58 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavcodec58
Uninstall libavcodec58 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavcodec58 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcodec58
Remove libavcodec58 Configurations and Data
To remove libavcodec58 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavcodec58
Remove libavcodec58 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavcodec58 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcodec58
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec58 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.