How To Install libvlccore-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlccore-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libvlccore-dev
libvlccore-dev is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This package contains headers and a static library required to build plugins for VLC.
There are three methods to install libvlccore-dev
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 libvlccore-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 libvlccore-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvlccore-dev
Install libvlccore-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlccore-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvlccore-dev
Install libvlccore-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlccore-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvlccore-dev
How To Uninstall libvlccore-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libvlccore-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvlccore-dev
Uninstall libvlccore-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvlccore-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvlccore-dev
Remove libvlccore-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvlccore-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvlccore-dev
Remove libvlccore-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvlccore-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvlccore-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlccore-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.