How To Install libbcmatroska2-5 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libbcmatroska2-5 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libbcmatroska2-5 is Matroska library for mediastreamer2 (base)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbcmatroska2-5 on Debian 12.

What is libbcmatroska2-5

libbcmatroska2-5 is:

Bcmatroska2 is an implementation of the Matroska container format specifically tailored for use with mediastreamer2. It was forked from the Foundation Source of matroska.org in early 2014 and should be considered for internal use only.

This package contains the base library.

There are three methods to install libbcmatroska2-5 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libbcmatroska2-5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbcmatroska2-5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbcmatroska2-5

Install libbcmatroska2-5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbcmatroska2-5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbcmatroska2-5

Install libbcmatroska2-5 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 libbcmatroska2-5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbcmatroska2-5

How To Uninstall libbcmatroska2-5 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libbcmatroska2-5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbcmatroska2-5

Uninstall libbcmatroska2-5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbcmatroska2-5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbcmatroska2-5

Remove libbcmatroska2-5 Configurations and Data

To remove libbcmatroska2-5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbcmatroska2-5

Remove libbcmatroska2-5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbcmatroska2-5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbcmatroska2-5

Dependencies

libbcmatroska2-5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbcmatroska2-5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.