How To Install libavutil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavutil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libavutil-dev
libavutil-dev is:
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This library is a utility library to aid portable multimedia programming. It contains safe portable string functions, random number generators, data structures, additional mathematics functions, cryptography and multimedia related functionality (like enumerations for pixel and sample formats). It is not a library for code needed by both libavcodec and libavformat. The goal for this library is to be modular, small, efficient and useful.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libavutil-dev 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 libavutil-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavutil-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavutil-dev
Install libavutil-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavutil-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavutil-dev
Install libavutil-dev 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 libavutil-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavutil-dev
How To Uninstall libavutil-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libavutil-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavutil-dev
Uninstall libavutil-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavutil-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavutil-dev
Remove libavutil-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libavutil-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavutil-dev
Remove libavutil-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavutil-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavutil-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavutil-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
