How To Install libmediainfo-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
