How To Install python-mediainfodll on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mediainfodll on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-mediainfodll
python-mediainfodll is:
MediaInfo is a library used for retrieving technical information and other metadata about audio or video files.
A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media files include:
- General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration…
- Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate…
- Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate…
- Text: language of subtitle
- Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters
MediaInfo supports the following formats:
- Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)…
- Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC…)
- Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF…
- Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI…
This package contains the Python 2.x module required for using this library from Python 2.x applications.
There are three methods to install python-mediainfodll 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 python-mediainfodll Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mediainfodll using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mediainfodll
Install python-mediainfodll Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mediainfodll using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mediainfodll
Install python-mediainfodll 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 python-mediainfodll using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mediainfodll
How To Uninstall python-mediainfodll on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-mediainfodll package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mediainfodll
Uninstall python-mediainfodll And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mediainfodll and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mediainfodll
Remove python-mediainfodll Configurations and Data
To remove python-mediainfodll configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mediainfodll
Remove python-mediainfodll configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mediainfodll configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mediainfodll
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mediainfodll package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
