How To Install libmimic-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmimic-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libmimic-dev
libmimic-dev is:
libmimic is an open source video decoding library for decoding Mimic V2.x- encoded content (fourCC: ML20), which is the encoding used by MSN Messenger for webcam conversations.
There are three methods to install libmimic-dev
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmimic-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 libmimic-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmimic-dev
Install libmimic-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmimic-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmimic-dev
Install libmimic-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 libmimic-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmimic-dev
How To Uninstall libmimic-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmimic-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmimic-dev
Uninstall libmimic-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmimic-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmimic-dev
Remove libmimic-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmimic-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmimic-dev
Remove libmimic-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmimic-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmimic-dev
Dependencies
libmimic-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmimic-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.