How To Install mkvtoolnix-gui on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkvtoolnix-gui on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mkvtoolnix-gui
mkvtoolnix-gui is:
Matroska is a new multimedia container format, based on EBML (Extensible Binary Meta Language), which is a kind of binary XML.
The mmg tool is a graphical user interface for the mkvmerge program, which allow one to create Matroska files from other formats.
This package also contains a graphical version of the mkvinfo tool, which allow one to get information about a Matroska file.
There are three methods to install mkvtoolnix-gui 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 mkvtoolnix-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mkvtoolnix-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mkvtoolnix-gui
Install mkvtoolnix-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mkvtoolnix-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mkvtoolnix-gui
Install mkvtoolnix-gui 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 mkvtoolnix-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mkvtoolnix-gui
How To Uninstall mkvtoolnix-gui on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mkvtoolnix-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mkvtoolnix-gui
Uninstall mkvtoolnix-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mkvtoolnix-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mkvtoolnix-gui
Remove mkvtoolnix-gui Configurations and Data
To remove mkvtoolnix-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mkvtoolnix-gui
Remove mkvtoolnix-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mkvtoolnix-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mkvtoolnix-gui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkvtoolnix-gui package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
