How To Install libswscale5 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libswscale5 on Debian 10.
What is libswscale5
libswscale5 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 performs highly optimized image scaling and colorspace and pixel format conversion operations. Specifically, this library performs the following conversions:
- Rescaling is the process of changing the video size. Several rescaling options and algorithms are available. This is usually a lossy process.
- Pixel format conversion is the process of converting the image format and colorspace of the image, for example from planar YUV420P to RGB24 packed. It also handles packing conversion, that is converts from packed layout (all pixels belonging to distinct planes interleaved in the same buffer), to planar layout (all samples belonging to the same plane stored in a dedicated buffer or “plane”). This is usually a lossy process in case the source and destination colorspaces differ.
This package contains the runtime files.
There are three methods to install libswscale5 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libswscale5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libswscale5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libswscale5
Install libswscale5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libswscale5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libswscale5
Install libswscale5 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 libswscale5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libswscale5
How To Uninstall libswscale5 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libswscale5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libswscale5
Uninstall libswscale5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libswscale5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libswscale5
Remove libswscale5 Configurations and Data
To remove libswscale5 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libswscale5
Remove libswscale5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libswscale5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libswscale5
Dependencies
libswscale5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libswscale5 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
