How To Install libavcodec-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libavcodec-dev
libavcodec-dev 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 library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle streams, and several bitstream filters.
The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation.
This package contains the development files.
Package: libavcodec-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel 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: 21176 Depends: libavcodec58 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-dev_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 5422412 MD5sum: b24221173d0fc45daac35959ddf83138 SHA1: e755fae993cae9f697f1049adf134dd1f6e5fb4c SHA256: 1dacef427251b9c49bc8abb042e3a234c0a8639169e812aa69e0d88e42a95f3a Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/ Description-en: FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - development files 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 library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle streams, and several bitstream filters.
The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libavcodec-dev 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 libavcodec-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec-dev
Install libavcodec-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavcodec-dev
Install libavcodec-dev 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 libavcodec-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavcodec-dev
How To Uninstall libavcodec-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libavcodec-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavcodec-dev
Uninstall libavcodec-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavcodec-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcodec-dev
Remove libavcodec-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libavcodec-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavcodec-dev
Remove libavcodec-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavcodec-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcodec-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
