How To Install mediaconch on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mediaconch
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mediaconch
mediaconch is:
MediaConch is an extensible, open source software project consisting of an implementation checker, policy checker, reporter, and fixer that targets preservation-level audiovisual files (specifically Matroska, Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM) and FF Video Codec 1 (FFV1)) for use in memory institutions, providing detailed and batch-level conformance checking via an adaptable and flexible application program interface accessible by the command line, a graphical user interface, or a web-based shell.
This package contains the command-line utiltiy.
There are three methods to install mediaconch
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 mediaconch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mediaconch
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mediaconch
Install mediaconch Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mediaconch
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mediaconch
Install mediaconch 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 mediaconch
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mediaconch
How To Uninstall mediaconch on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mediaconch
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mediaconch
Uninstall mediaconch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mediaconch
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mediaconch
Remove mediaconch Configurations and Data
To remove mediaconch
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mediaconch
Remove mediaconch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mediaconch
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mediaconch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mediaconch
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.