How To Install libmp4-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmp4-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libmp4-info-perl is Fetch info from MPEG-4 files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmp4-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmp4-info-perl

libmp4-info-perl is:

This module can be used to extract tag and meta information from MPEG-4 audio (AAC) and video files. It is designed as a drop-in replacement for MP3::Info.

Note that this module does not allow you to update the information in MPEG-4 files.

There are three methods to install libmp4-info-perl 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 libmp4-info-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmp4-info-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmp4-info-perl

Install libmp4-info-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmp4-info-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmp4-info-perl

Install libmp4-info-perl 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 libmp4-info-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmp4-info-perl

How To Uninstall libmp4-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmp4-info-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmp4-info-perl

Uninstall libmp4-info-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmp4-info-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmp4-info-perl

Remove libmp4-info-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libmp4-info-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmp4-info-perl

Remove libmp4-info-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmp4-info-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmp4-info-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmp4-info-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.