How To Install multimedia-video on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-video on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is multimedia-video
multimedia-video is:
This metapackage will install Video software. Some are especially useful to combine video and sound.
There are three methods to install multimedia-video 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 multimedia-video Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-video using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-video
Install multimedia-video Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multimedia-video using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multimedia-video
Install multimedia-video 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 multimedia-video using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-video
How To Uninstall multimedia-video on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the multimedia-video package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multimedia-video
Uninstall multimedia-video And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multimedia-video and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-video
Remove multimedia-video Configurations and Data
To remove multimedia-video configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-video
Remove multimedia-video configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multimedia-video configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimedia-video
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-video package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
