How To Install libavifile-0.7-common on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavifile-0.7-common on Debian 11.
What is libavifile-0.7-common
libavifile-0.7-common is:
Library that allows programs to read and write compressed AVI files (Indeo Video, DivX ;-), etc.) under GNU. (De)Compression is performed with various audio/video plugins (FFMpeg, Vorbis, Win32, …). Formats like mpeg, mov are partly supported. For more info about usage of Win32, Lame and OpenDivX plugin see README.debian.
This package contains the common files which libavifile needed.
There are three methods to install libavifile-0.7-common on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libavifile-0.7-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavifile-0.7-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavifile-0.7-common
Install libavifile-0.7-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavifile-0.7-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavifile-0.7-common
Install libavifile-0.7-common 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 libavifile-0.7-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavifile-0.7-common
How To Uninstall libavifile-0.7-common on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libavifile-0.7-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavifile-0.7-common
Uninstall libavifile-0.7-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavifile-0.7-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavifile-0.7-common
Remove libavifile-0.7-common Configurations and Data
To remove libavifile-0.7-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavifile-0.7-common
Remove libavifile-0.7-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavifile-0.7-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavifile-0.7-common
Dependencies
libavifile-0.7-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavifile-0.7-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.