How To Install mjpegtools-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mjpegtools-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mjpegtools-gtk
mjpegtools-gtk is:
The mjpeg programs are a set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux.
This package contains the GTK+ frontend.
There are three methods to install mjpegtools-gtk 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 mjpegtools-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mjpegtools-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mjpegtools-gtk
Install mjpegtools-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mjpegtools-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mjpegtools-gtk
Install mjpegtools-gtk 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 mjpegtools-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mjpegtools-gtk
How To Uninstall mjpegtools-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mjpegtools-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mjpegtools-gtk
Uninstall mjpegtools-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mjpegtools-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mjpegtools-gtk
Remove mjpegtools-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove mjpegtools-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mjpegtools-gtk
Remove mjpegtools-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mjpegtools-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mjpegtools-gtk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mjpegtools-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
