How To Install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
libvideo-fourcc-info-perl is:
Video::FourCC::Info finds information about a given Four Character Code (FourCC).
This code is a four-byte sequence embedded in video files that tells video players what algorithm is required to decode a given video stream. This detection scheme ensures that the detected codec format is independent of the file extension, which may be incorrect due to human error or for some other reason.
There are three methods to install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl 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 libvideo-fourcc-info-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
Install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
Install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl 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 libvideo-fourcc-info-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
How To Uninstall libvideo-fourcc-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvideo-fourcc-info-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
Uninstall libvideo-fourcc-info-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvideo-fourcc-info-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
Remove libvideo-fourcc-info-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libvideo-fourcc-info-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
Remove libvideo-fourcc-info-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvideo-fourcc-info-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvideo-fourcc-info-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvideo-fourcc-info-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
