How To Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base on Ubuntu 20.04. gstreamer1.0-plugins-base is GStreamer plugins from the base set GStreamer plugins from the base set

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `gstreamer1.0-plugins-base`

gstreamer1.0-plugins-base is:

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins.

This package contains the GStreamer plugins from the “base” set, an essential exemplary set of elements. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop Gstreamer-Decoders: application/kate; application/ogg; application/x-ass; application/x-ogg-avi; application/x-ogm-audio; application/x-ogm-text; application/x-ogm-video; application/x-ssa; application/x-subtitle; application/x-subtitle-dks; application/x-subtitle-lrc; application/x-subtitle-mpl2; application/x-subtitle-qttext; application/x-subtitle-sami; application/x-subtitle-tmplayer; application/x-subtitle-vtt; audio/ogg; audio/x-opus, channel-mapping-family=(int)[ 1, 255 ], stream-count=(int)[ 1, 255 ], coupled-count=(int)[ 0, 255 ]; audio/x-opus, channel-mapping-family=(int)0; audio/x-unaligned-raw, format=(string){ S8, U8, S16LE, S16BE, U16LE, U16BE, S24_32LE, S24_32BE, U24_32LE, U24_32BE, S32LE, S32BE, U32LE, U32BE, S24LE, S24BE, U24LE, U24BE, S20LE, S20BE, U20LE, U20BE, S18LE, S18BE, U18LE, U18BE, F32LE, F32BE, F64LE, F64BE }, layout=(string){ interleaved, non-interleaved }; audio/x-vorbis; video/ogg; video/x-theora; video/x-unaligned-raw, format=(string){ I420, YV12, YUY2, UYVY, AYUV, VUYA, RGBx, BGRx, xRGB, xBGR, RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR, RGB, BGR, Y41B, Y42B, YVYU, Y444, v210, v216, Y210, Y410, NV12, NV21, GRAY8, GRAY16_BE, GRAY16_LE, v308, RGB16, BGR16, RGB15, BGR15, UYVP, A420, RGB8P, YUV9, YVU9, IYU1, ARGB64, AYUV64, r210, I420_10BE, I420_10LE, I422_10BE, I422_10LE, Y444_10BE, Y444_10LE, GBR, GBR_10BE, GBR_10LE, NV16, NV24, NV12_64Z32, A420_10BE, A420_10LE, A422_10BE, A422_10LE, A444_10BE, A444_10LE, NV61, P010_10BE, P010_10LE, IYU2, VYUY, GBRA, GBRA_10BE, GBRA_10LE, BGR10A2_LE, GBR_12BE, GBR_12LE, GBRA_12BE, GBRA_12LE, I420_12BE, I420_12LE, I422_12BE, I422_12LE, Y444_12BE, Y444_12LE, GRAY10_LE32, NV12_10LE32, NV16_10LE32, NV12_10LE40 } Gstreamer-Elements: adder, appsink, appsrc, audioconvert, audiointerleave, audiomixer, audiorate, audioresample, audiotestsrc, cdparanoiasrc, compositor, decodebin, decodebin3, encodebin, giosink, giosrc, giostreamsink, giostreamsrc, liveadder, multifdsink, multisocketsink, oggaviparse, oggdemux, oggmux, oggparse, ogmaudioparse, ogmtextparse, ogmvideoparse, opusdec, opusenc, overlaycomposition, parsebin, playbin, playbin3, playsink, rawaudioparse, rawvideoparse, socketsrc, ssaparse, streamsynchronizer, subparse, subtitleoverlay, tcpclientsink, tcpclientsrc, tcpserversink, tcpserversrc, theoradec, theoraenc, theoraparse, unalignedaudioparse, unalignedvideoparse, uridecodebin, uridecodebin3, urisourcebin, videoconvert, videorate, videoscale, videotestsrc, volume, vorbisdec, vorbisenc, vorbisparse, vorbistag Gstreamer-Encoders: application/ogg; audio/ogg; audio/x-opus; audio/x-vorbis; video/ogg; video/x-theora Gstreamer-Uri-Sinks: appsink, file, resource Gstreamer-Uri-Sources: appsrc, cdda, file, resource Gstreamer-Version: 1.16

Package: gstreamer1.0-plugins-base Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.16.2-4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gst-plugins-base1.0 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Maintainers of GStreamer packages [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2341 Provides: gstreamer1.0-audiosource, gstreamer1.0-videosource Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libcdparanoia0 (>= 3.10.2+debian), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.40), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopus0 (>= 1.1), liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.25), libtheora0 (>= 1.1), libvisual-0.4-0 (>= 0.4.0), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2) Suggests: gvfs Breaks: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad (« 1.15.1) Replaces: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad (« 1.15.1) Filename: pool/main/g/gst-plugins-base1.0/gstreamer1.0-plugins-base_1.16.2-4_amd64.deb Size: 619120 MD5sum: b3588bf50120219ea65652c9eb24c026 SHA1: d844dfdb12a339f866b95dbcfa1b9f1894dafb3f SHA256: 8a1aa6f79e81ecedd528f31dd9cbf223d0424343f39fec242de39f8b73ade04d Homepage: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org Description-en: GStreamer plugins from the “base” set GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins.

There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 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 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 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 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-base on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-plugins-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

Uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

Remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-base Configurations and Data

To remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

Remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-plugins-base

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.