How To Install libavformat-extra on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavformat-extra on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libavformat-extra
libavformat-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 libavformat variant that offers additional (de)muxers support. Application packages can depend on it if they require or suggest this variant in a robust manner.
There are three methods to install libavformat-extra on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libavformat-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 libavformat-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavformat-extra
Install libavformat-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavformat-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavformat-extra
Install libavformat-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libavformat-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavformat-extra
How To Uninstall libavformat-extra on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libavformat-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavformat-extra
Uninstall libavformat-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavformat-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavformat-extra
Remove libavformat-extra Configurations and Data
To remove libavformat-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavformat-extra
Remove libavformat-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavformat-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavformat-extra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavformat-extra package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.