How To Install libmediainfo-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmediainfo-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmediainfo-doc is library for reading metadata from media files – documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo-doc on Debian 12.

What is libmediainfo-doc

libmediainfo-doc 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 Doxygen generated API reference for developing applications/libraries using this library.

There are three methods to install libmediainfo-doc on Debian 12. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmediainfo-doc

Install libmediainfo-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmediainfo-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmediainfo-doc

Install libmediainfo-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmediainfo-doc

How To Uninstall libmediainfo-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmediainfo-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmediainfo-doc

Uninstall libmediainfo-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmediainfo-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmediainfo-doc

Remove libmediainfo-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libmediainfo-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmediainfo-doc

Remove libmediainfo-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmediainfo-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmediainfo-doc

Dependencies

libmediainfo-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.