How To Install m2vrequantiser on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install m2vrequantiser on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is m2vrequantiser
m2vrequantiser is:
This package provides m2vrequantiser, a tool to requantize MPEG-2 streams without recompressing. M2VRequantiser accepts raw MPEG2 video data (not VOB) from standard input and writes the recompressed frames to standard output.
m2vrequantiser represents a good replacement for tcrequant, an obsolete utility provided by some versions of the transcode suite.
There are three methods to install m2vrequantiser on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install m2vrequantiser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install m2vrequantiser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install m2vrequantiser
Install m2vrequantiser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install m2vrequantiser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install m2vrequantiser
Install m2vrequantiser 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 m2vrequantiser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install m2vrequantiser
How To Uninstall m2vrequantiser on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the m2vrequantiser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove m2vrequantiser
Uninstall m2vrequantiser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall m2vrequantiser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove m2vrequantiser
Remove m2vrequantiser Configurations and Data
To remove m2vrequantiser configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge m2vrequantiser
Remove m2vrequantiser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove m2vrequantiser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge m2vrequantiser
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install m2vrequantiser package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
