How To Install quicktime-x11utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quicktime-x11utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is quicktime-x11utils
quicktime-x11utils is:
libquicktime is a library for reading and writing QuickTime files on UNIX systems. Video CODECs supported by this library are OpenDivX, MJPA, JPEG Photo, PNG, RGB, YUV 4:2:2, and YUV 4:2:0 compression. Supported audio CODECs are Ogg Vorbis, IMA4, ulaw, and any linear PCM format.
This package contains additional utilities for the X window system.
There are three methods to install quicktime-x11utils
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 quicktime-x11utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quicktime-x11utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quicktime-x11utils
Install quicktime-x11utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quicktime-x11utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quicktime-x11utils
Install quicktime-x11utils 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 quicktime-x11utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quicktime-x11utils
How To Uninstall quicktime-x11utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the quicktime-x11utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quicktime-x11utils
Uninstall quicktime-x11utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quicktime-x11utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quicktime-x11utils
Remove quicktime-x11utils Configurations and Data
To remove quicktime-x11utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quicktime-x11utils
Remove quicktime-x11utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quicktime-x11utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quicktime-x11utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quicktime-x11utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.