How To Install libffms2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libffms2-dev
libffms2-dev 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 contain headers and other files needed to compile and link against libffms2.
There are three methods to install libffms2-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 libffms2-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 libffms2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffms2-dev
Install libffms2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffms2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffms2-dev
Install libffms2-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 libffms2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffms2-dev
How To Uninstall libffms2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libffms2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffms2-dev
Uninstall libffms2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffms2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffms2-dev
Remove libffms2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libffms2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffms2-dev
Remove libffms2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffms2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffms2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
