How To Install libavifile-0.7c2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavifile-0.7c2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libavifile-0.7c2
libavifile-0.7c2 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.
There are three methods to install libavifile-0.7c2 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 libavifile-0.7c2 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-0.7c2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavifile-0.7c2
Install libavifile-0.7c2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavifile-0.7c2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavifile-0.7c2
Install libavifile-0.7c2 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 libavifile-0.7c2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavifile-0.7c2
How To Uninstall libavifile-0.7c2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libavifile-0.7c2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavifile-0.7c2
Uninstall libavifile-0.7c2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavifile-0.7c2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavifile-0.7c2
Remove libavifile-0.7c2 Configurations and Data
To remove libavifile-0.7c2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavifile-0.7c2
Remove libavifile-0.7c2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavifile-0.7c2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavifile-0.7c2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavifile-0.7c2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
