How To Install libvpx5 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpx5 on Debian 10.
What is libvpx5
libvpx5 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 shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libvpx5 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 libvpx5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvpx5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvpx5
Install libvpx5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvpx5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvpx5
Install libvpx5 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 libvpx5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvpx5
How To Uninstall libvpx5 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libvpx5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvpx5
Uninstall libvpx5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvpx5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvpx5
Remove libvpx5 Configurations and Data
To remove libvpx5 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvpx5
Remove libvpx5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvpx5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvpx5
Dependencies
libvpx5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpx5 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.