How To Install libsvtav1dec-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libsvtav1dec-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libsvtav1dec-dev is Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (libsvtav1dec development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvtav1dec-dev on Debian 12.

What is libsvtav1dec-dev

libsvtav1dec-dev is:

The Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (SVT-AV1 Encoder and Decoder) is an AV1-compliant encoder/decoder library core. The SVT-AV1 encoder development is a work-in-progress targeting performance levels applicable to both VOD and Live encoding / transcoding video applications. The SVT-AV1 decoder implementation is targeting future codec research activities.

This package provides the development files for libsvtav1dec.

There are three methods to install libsvtav1dec-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libsvtav1dec-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 libsvtav1dec-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsvtav1dec-dev

Install libsvtav1dec-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsvtav1dec-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsvtav1dec-dev

Install libsvtav1dec-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libsvtav1dec-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsvtav1dec-dev

How To Uninstall libsvtav1dec-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libsvtav1dec-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsvtav1dec-dev

Uninstall libsvtav1dec-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsvtav1dec-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsvtav1dec-dev

Remove libsvtav1dec-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libsvtav1dec-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsvtav1dec-dev

Remove libsvtav1dec-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsvtav1dec-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsvtav1dec-dev

Dependencies

libsvtav1dec-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvtav1dec-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.