How To Install libmediainfo-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libmediainfo-dev
libmediainfo-dev is:
MediaInfo is a library used for retrieving technical information and other metadata about audio or video files.
A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media files include:
- General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration…
- Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate…
- Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate…
- Text: language of subtitle
- Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters
MediaInfo supports the following formats:
- Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)…
- Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC…)
- Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF…
- Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI…
This package contains the headers and other development support files needed for compiling and linking applications and libraries which use this library.
There are three methods to install libmediainfo-dev
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmediainfo-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 libmediainfo-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmediainfo-dev
Install libmediainfo-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmediainfo-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmediainfo-dev
Install libmediainfo-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmediainfo-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmediainfo-dev
How To Uninstall libmediainfo-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libmediainfo-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmediainfo-dev
Uninstall libmediainfo-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmediainfo-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmediainfo-dev
Remove libmediainfo-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmediainfo-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmediainfo-dev
Remove libmediainfo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmediainfo-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmediainfo-dev
Dependencies
libmediainfo-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.