How To Install libmp4v2-2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmp4v2-2
on Debian 9.
What is libmp4v2-2
libmp4v2-2 is:
The MP4v2 library provides an API to create and modify mp4 files as defined by ISO-IEC:14496-1:2001 MPEG-4 Systems. This file format is derived from Apple’s QuickTime file format that has been used as a multimedia file format in a variety of platforms and applications. It is a very powerful and extensible format that can accommodate practically any type of media.
MP4v2 was originally bundled with mpeg4ip library, but has been moved into its own maintained library due to a combination of the cessation of support of mpeg4ip and the usefulness of this library on its own.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libmp4v2-2
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 libmp4v2-2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmp4v2-2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmp4v2-2
Install libmp4v2-2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmp4v2-2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmp4v2-2
Install libmp4v2-2 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 libmp4v2-2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmp4v2-2
How To Uninstall libmp4v2-2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmp4v2-2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmp4v2-2
Uninstall libmp4v2-2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmp4v2-2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmp4v2-2
Remove libmp4v2-2 Configurations and Data
To remove libmp4v2-2
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmp4v2-2
Remove libmp4v2-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmp4v2-2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmp4v2-2
Dependencies
libmp4v2-2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmp4v2-2
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.