How To Install comskip on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install comskip on Ubuntu 22.04. comskip is Commercial detector

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install comskip on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is comskip

comskip is:

Comskip is a commercial detector. It is a console application that reads a mpeg or h.264 file and analyses the content based on a large amount of configurable parameters. A gui is also provided.

After analysis it generates a file in various possible formats containing the location of the commercials inside the video file.

The formats include input files for interactive video editors (VideoRedo, Cuttermaran,Mpeg2Schnitt…) command line video cutters (mpgtx, cuttermaran, mencoder) and video players (zoomplayer, mplayer, …).

Comskip can read MPEG PS, TS, DVR-MS and WTV files up to UHD resolution (max 4000x2400) at various framerates (PAL and NTSC). Comskip can NOT read copy protected recordings.

There are three methods to install comskip on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install comskip Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install comskip using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install comskip

Install comskip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install comskip using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install comskip

Install comskip 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 comskip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install comskip

How To Uninstall comskip on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the comskip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove comskip

Uninstall comskip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall comskip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove comskip

Remove comskip Configurations and Data

To remove comskip configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge comskip

Remove comskip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove comskip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge comskip

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install comskip package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.