How To Install liblavfile-2.1-0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblavfile-2.1-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblavfile-2.1-0
liblavfile-2.1-0 is:
The mjpeg programs are a set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux.
This package contains the shared lavfile library.
There are three methods to install liblavfile-2.1-0 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 liblavfile-2.1-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblavfile-2.1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblavfile-2.1-0
Install liblavfile-2.1-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblavfile-2.1-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblavfile-2.1-0
Install liblavfile-2.1-0 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 liblavfile-2.1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblavfile-2.1-0
How To Uninstall liblavfile-2.1-0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblavfile-2.1-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblavfile-2.1-0
Uninstall liblavfile-2.1-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblavfile-2.1-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblavfile-2.1-0
Remove liblavfile-2.1-0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblavfile-2.1-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblavfile-2.1-0
Remove liblavfile-2.1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblavfile-2.1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblavfile-2.1-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblavfile-2.1-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
