How To Install libmpv-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpv-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmpv-dev
libmpv-dev is:
mpv is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
This package provides development files for libmpv.
There are three methods to install libmpv-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 libmpv-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 libmpv-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpv-dev
Install libmpv-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpv-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpv-dev
Install libmpv-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 libmpv-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpv-dev
How To Uninstall libmpv-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmpv-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpv-dev
Uninstall libmpv-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpv-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpv-dev
Remove libmpv-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmpv-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpv-dev
Remove libmpv-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpv-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpv-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpv-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
