How To Install libsvtav1dec0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libsvtav1dec0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libsvtav1dec0 is Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (libsvtav1dec shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvtav1dec0 on Debian 12.

What is libsvtav1dec0

libsvtav1dec0 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 shared library libsvtav1dec.

There are three methods to install libsvtav1dec0 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 libsvtav1dec0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsvtav1dec0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsvtav1dec0

Install libsvtav1dec0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsvtav1dec0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsvtav1dec0

Install libsvtav1dec0 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 libsvtav1dec0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsvtav1dec0

How To Uninstall libsvtav1dec0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libsvtav1dec0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsvtav1dec0

Uninstall libsvtav1dec0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsvtav1dec0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsvtav1dec0

Remove libsvtav1dec0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsvtav1dec0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsvtav1dec0

Remove libsvtav1dec0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsvtav1dec0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsvtav1dec0

Dependencies

libsvtav1dec0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvtav1dec0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.