How To Install libvpx6 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpx6 on Debian 11.
What is libvpx6
libvpx6 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 libvpx6 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvpx6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvpx6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvpx6
Install libvpx6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvpx6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvpx6
Install libvpx6 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 libvpx6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvpx6
How To Uninstall libvpx6 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libvpx6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvpx6
Uninstall libvpx6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvpx6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvpx6
Remove libvpx6 Configurations and Data
To remove libvpx6 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvpx6
Remove libvpx6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvpx6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvpx6
Dependencies
libvpx6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvpx6 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
