How To Install transcode on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install transcode on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is transcode
transcode is:
Transcode is a text console video-stream processing tool. It supports elementary video and audio frame transformations. Some example modules are included to enable import of MPEG-1/2, Digital Video, and other formats. It also includes export modules for writing to AVI files with DivX, OpenDivX, XviD, Digital Video or other codecs. Direct DVD transcoding is also supported. A set of tools is available to extract and decode the sources into raw video/audio streams for import and to enable post-processing of AVI files.
There are three methods to install transcode 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 transcode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install transcode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install transcode
Install transcode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install transcode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install transcode
Install transcode 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 transcode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install transcode
How To Uninstall transcode on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the transcode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove transcode
Uninstall transcode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall transcode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove transcode
Remove transcode Configurations and Data
To remove transcode configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge transcode
Remove transcode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove transcode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transcode
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install transcode package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
