How To Install libmlt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmlt-dev
libmlt-dev is:
MLT is an open source multimedia framework, designed and developed for television broadcasting. It provides a toolkit for broadcasters, video editors, media players, transcoders, web streamers and many more types of applications. The functionality of the system is provided via an assortment of ready to use tools, xml authoring components, and an extendible plug-in based API.
This package contains the static libraries and headers for developing applications that use the MLT multimedia framework.
There are three methods to install libmlt-dev 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 libmlt-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 libmlt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmlt-dev
Install libmlt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmlt-dev
Install libmlt-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmlt-dev
How To Uninstall libmlt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmlt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmlt-dev
Uninstall libmlt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmlt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlt-dev
Remove libmlt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmlt-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmlt-dev
Remove libmlt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmlt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlt-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
