How To Install winff on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install winff on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is winff
winff is:
WinFF is a graphical user interface for FFmpeg or avconv. It will convert almost any video file that FFmpeg or avconv will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can, for example, convert mpeg’s, flv’s, and mov’s into avi’s (or DVD/VCD format or MPEG or 3gp etc.) all at once.
WinFF provides a variety of preset conversion settings for common formats and devices. These presets are intended to hit the “sweet spot” for each individual codec. They have been written with a tip of the balance to quality.
For most presets to work, it is necessary to have the unstripped version of the libavcodec package, which can be obtained by installing libavcodec-extra as suggested by the WinFF suite. It might be necessary to enable additional repositories to find that package.
This package is a metapackage to pull in either the GTK+ or Qt variant.
There are three methods to install winff 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 winff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install winff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install winff
Install winff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install winff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install winff
Install winff 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 winff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install winff
How To Uninstall winff on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the winff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove winff
Uninstall winff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall winff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove winff
Remove winff Configurations and Data
To remove winff configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge winff
Remove winff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove winff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge winff
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install winff package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
