How To Install libffms2-5 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-5 on Debian 12.
What is libffms2-5
libffms2-5 is:
A cross platform ffmpeg wrapper library, and some additional content for things ffmpeg doesn’t handle well. A more friendly API and an easy way to say “open and decompress this, I don’t care how”.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libffms2-5 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 libffms2-5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libffms2-5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffms2-5
Install libffms2-5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffms2-5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffms2-5
Install libffms2-5 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 libffms2-5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffms2-5
How To Uninstall libffms2-5 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libffms2-5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffms2-5
Uninstall libffms2-5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffms2-5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffms2-5
Remove libffms2-5 Configurations and Data
To remove libffms2-5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffms2-5
Remove libffms2-5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffms2-5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffms2-5
Dependencies
libffms2-5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.