How To Install oggvideotools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install oggvideotools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. oggvideotools-dbg is toolbox for manipulating and creating Ogg video files (debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oggvideotools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is oggvideotools-dbg

oggvideotools-dbg is:

Contains the following command line tools:

  • oggCat - concatenates two ogg video files
  • oggCut - extracts parts of an ogg file
  • oggDump
  • oggJoin - multiplexes ogg streams
  • oggLength
  • oggTranscode - resizes ogg files in multiple ways
  • oggScroll
  • oggSilence
  • oggSlideshow - creates slideshows from pictures
  • oggSplit - demultiplexes ogv files
  • oggThumb - creates thumbnails from an ogg video file

This package contains debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install oggvideotools-dbg 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 oggvideotools-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install oggvideotools-dbg

Install oggvideotools-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install oggvideotools-dbg

Install oggvideotools-dbg 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 oggvideotools-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oggvideotools-dbg

How To Uninstall oggvideotools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the oggvideotools-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oggvideotools-dbg

Uninstall oggvideotools-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oggvideotools-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oggvideotools-dbg

Remove oggvideotools-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove oggvideotools-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oggvideotools-dbg

Remove oggvideotools-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oggvideotools-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oggvideotools-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.