How To Install libmediainfo0v5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo0v5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmediainfo0v5
libmediainfo0v5 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 shared library needed for running applications which use this library.
There are three methods to install libmediainfo0v5 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 libmediainfo0v5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmediainfo0v5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmediainfo0v5
Install libmediainfo0v5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmediainfo0v5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmediainfo0v5
Install libmediainfo0v5 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 libmediainfo0v5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmediainfo0v5
How To Uninstall libmediainfo0v5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmediainfo0v5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmediainfo0v5
Uninstall libmediainfo0v5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmediainfo0v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmediainfo0v5
Remove libmediainfo0v5 Configurations and Data
To remove libmediainfo0v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmediainfo0v5
Remove libmediainfo0v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmediainfo0v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmediainfo0v5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo0v5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
