How To Install libwebm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libwebm-tools
libwebm-tools is:
This library provides WebM parser and related tools. It is developed by Google as part of Chromium project, but can be used in other projects.
This package installs tools: webm_info, vttdemux etc.
There are three methods to install libwebm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwebm-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebm-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebm-tools
Install libwebm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebm-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebm-tools
Install libwebm-tools 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 libwebm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebm-tools
How To Uninstall libwebm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libwebm-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebm-tools
Uninstall libwebm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebm-tools
Remove libwebm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libwebm-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebm-tools
Remove libwebm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebm-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebm-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebm-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.