How To Install libges-1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libges-1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libges-1.0-dev is GStreamer editing services (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libges-1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libges-1.0-dev

libges-1.0-dev is:

The GStreamer multimedia framework and the accompanying NLE set of plugins for non-linear editing offer all the building blocks for:

  • Decoding and encoding to a wide variety of formats, through all the available GStreamer plugins.
  • Easily choosing segments of streams and arranging them through time through the NLE set of plugins. But all those building blocks only offer stream-level access, which results in developers who want to write non-linear editors to write a consequent amount of code to get to the level of non-linear editing notions which are closer and more meaningful for the end-user (and therefore the application).

The GStreamer Editing Services (GES) aims to fill the gap between GStreamer/NLE and the application developer by offering a series of classes to simplify the creation of many kind of editing-related applications.

This package contains development files for the GStreamer editing services.

There are three methods to install libges-1.0-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 libges-1.0-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 libges-1.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libges-1.0-dev

Install libges-1.0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libges-1.0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libges-1.0-dev

Install libges-1.0-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 libges-1.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libges-1.0-dev

How To Uninstall libges-1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libges-1.0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libges-1.0-dev

Uninstall libges-1.0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libges-1.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libges-1.0-dev

Remove libges-1.0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libges-1.0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libges-1.0-dev

Remove libges-1.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libges-1.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libges-1.0-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libges-1.0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.