How To Install libx264-164 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libx264-164 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libx264-164 is x264 video coding library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx264-164 on Debian 12.

What is libx264-164

libx264-164 is:

libx264 is an advanced encoding library for creating H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video streams.

This package contains the libx264 shared library.

There are three methods to install libx264-164 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 libx264-164 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libx264-164 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libx264-164

Install libx264-164 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libx264-164 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libx264-164

Install libx264-164 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 libx264-164 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libx264-164

How To Uninstall libx264-164 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libx264-164 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libx264-164

Uninstall libx264-164 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libx264-164 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx264-164

Remove libx264-164 Configurations and Data

To remove libx264-164 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libx264-164

Remove libx264-164 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libx264-164 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx264-164

Dependencies

libx264-164 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx264-164 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.