How To Install libvpx-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvpx-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvpx-dev is VP8 and VP9 video codec (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libvpx-dev

libvpx-dev is:

VP8 and VP9 are open video codecs, originally developed by On2 and released as open source by Google Inc. They are the successor of the VP3 codec, on which the Theora codec was based.

This package contains the development libraries, header files needed by programs that want to compile with libvpx.

There are three methods to install libvpx-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 libvpx-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 libvpx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvpx-dev

Install libvpx-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvpx-dev

Install libvpx-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 libvpx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvpx-dev

How To Uninstall libvpx-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libvpx-dev

Uninstall libvpx-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvpx-dev

Remove libvpx-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libvpx-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libvpx-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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