How To Install vcdimager on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcdimager on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is vcdimager

vcdimager is:

This package contains a collection of tools to master (Super)VideoCD, either directly from compliant MPEG streams with no PlayBack Control (PBC), or out of an XML description for a full-featured (S)VCD.

This package also contains a VideoCD ripping tool to rip mpeg streams from VideoCD images, and some debugging tools. Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video

There are three methods to install vcdimager on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vcdimager Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vcdimager

Install vcdimager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vcdimager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vcdimager

Install vcdimager 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 vcdimager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vcdimager

How To Uninstall vcdimager on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the vcdimager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vcdimager

Uninstall vcdimager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vcdimager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vcdimager

Remove vcdimager Configurations and Data

To remove vcdimager configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vcdimager

Remove vcdimager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vcdimager

References

• vcdimager website
• vcdimager on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vcdimager package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.