How To Install ffmpeg-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpeg-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ffmpeg-doc
ffmpeg-doc is:
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.
This package contains the HTML documentation for the FFmpeg multimedia framework including the API documentation created by doxygen and the manpages for the libraries.
Package: ffmpeg-doc Architecture: all Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/doc Source: ffmpeg Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 30382 Depends: libjs-jquery, libjs-bootstrap Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-doc_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 1993964 MD5sum: 3d8ea6e4967210411164872cf4d7de54 SHA1: 56d3b02f5070c70432581e776475880b05da4793 SHA256: a5e529542c2f1a42ce1f6e0bdfd579527550b84a1b109ba9c6bd93a3afbb9a77 Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: Documentation of the FFmpeg multimedia framework FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.
This package contains the HTML documentation for the FFmpeg multimedia framework including the API documentation created by doxygen and the manpages for the libraries.
There are three methods to install ffmpeg-doc 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 ffmpeg-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpeg-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffmpeg-doc
Install ffmpeg-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpeg-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffmpeg-doc
Install ffmpeg-doc 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 ffmpeg-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffmpeg-doc
How To Uninstall ffmpeg-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ffmpeg-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg-doc
Uninstall ffmpeg-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffmpeg-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffmpeg-doc
Remove ffmpeg-doc Configurations and Data
To remove ffmpeg-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpeg-doc
Remove ffmpeg-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffmpeg-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffmpeg-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpeg-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
