How To Install libavfilter-extra on Debian 12

Learn how to install libavfilter-extra on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libavfilter-extra is FFmpeg library with extra filters (metapackage)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter-extra on Debian 12.

What is libavfilter-extra

libavfilter-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 libavfilter variant that offers additional filter support. Application packages can depend on it if they require or suggest this variant in a robust manner.

There are three methods to install libavfilter-extra on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libavfilter-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 libavfilter-extra using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavfilter-extra

Install libavfilter-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libavfilter-extra

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

sudo aptitude -y install libavfilter-extra

How To Uninstall libavfilter-extra on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libavfilter-extra

Uninstall libavfilter-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavfilter-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavfilter-extra

Remove libavfilter-extra Configurations and Data

To remove libavfilter-extra configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavfilter-extra

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

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

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

Dependencies

libavfilter-extra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter-extra package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.