How To Install libavformat57 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavformat57
on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavformat57
Remove libavformat57 Configurations and Data
To remove libavformat57
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavformat57
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.