How To Install winff on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install winff
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
There are three methods to install winff
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 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install winff
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.