How To Install libpostproc55 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostproc55 on Ubuntu 20.04. libpostproc55 is FFmpeg library for post processing - runtime files FFmpeg library for post processing - runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostproc55 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libpostproc55`

libpostproc55 is:

FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

This library provides video post processing.

This package contains the runtime files. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libpostproc55 Architecture: amd64 Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: ffmpeg Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 204 Depends: libavutil56 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc55_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 55296 MD5sum: a9045b812e3c53deaaeaf69d18ac80b3 SHA1: 60bac441e17f95b4f3f50a48167f85a5bb7ace8d SHA256: 16195e54a142b1c17cc903734134f02fd1c671ff1f9a65ca3e7893bdc80586ce Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg library for post processing - runtime files FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

This library provides video post processing.

There are three methods to install libpostproc55 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpostproc55 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpostproc55 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpostproc55

Install libpostproc55 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpostproc55 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpostproc55

Install libpostproc55 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 libpostproc55 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpostproc55

How To Uninstall libpostproc55 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libpostproc55 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpostproc55

Uninstall libpostproc55 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpostproc55 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpostproc55

Remove libpostproc55 Configurations and Data

To remove libpostproc55 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpostproc55

Remove libpostproc55 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpostproc55 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpostproc55

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostproc55 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.