How To Install libavformat57 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavformat57 on Debian 9.

What is libavformat57

libavformat57 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 framework for multiplexing and demultiplexing (muxing and demuxing) audio, video and subtitle streams. It encompasses multiple muxers and demuxers for multimedia container formats. It also supports several input and output protocols to access a media resource.

This package contains the runtime files.

There are three methods to install libavformat57 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libavformat57 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavformat57 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavformat57

Install libavformat57 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavformat57 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavformat57

Install libavformat57 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 libavformat57 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavformat57

How To Uninstall libavformat57 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libavformat57 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavformat57

Uninstall libavformat57 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavformat57 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavformat57

Remove libavformat57 Configurations and Data

To remove libavformat57 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavformat57

Remove libavformat57 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavformat57 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavformat57

Dependencies

libavformat57 have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec57

References

• libavformat57 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavformat57 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.