How To Install liblavjpeg-2.1-0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblavjpeg-2.1-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblavjpeg-2.1-0
liblavjpeg-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 lavjpeg library.
There are three methods to install liblavjpeg-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 liblavjpeg-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 liblavjpeg-2.1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblavjpeg-2.1-0
Install liblavjpeg-2.1-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblavjpeg-2.1-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblavjpeg-2.1-0
Install liblavjpeg-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 liblavjpeg-2.1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblavjpeg-2.1-0
How To Uninstall liblavjpeg-2.1-0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblavjpeg-2.1-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblavjpeg-2.1-0
Uninstall liblavjpeg-2.1-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblavjpeg-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 liblavjpeg-2.1-0
Remove liblavjpeg-2.1-0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblavjpeg-2.1-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblavjpeg-2.1-0
Remove liblavjpeg-2.1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblavjpeg-2.1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblavjpeg-2.1-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblavjpeg-2.1-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
