How To Install mjpegtools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mjpegtools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mjpegtools
mjpegtools is:
The mjpeg programs are a set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux.
There are three methods to install mjpegtools 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 mjpegtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mjpegtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mjpegtools
Install mjpegtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mjpegtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mjpegtools
Install mjpegtools 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 mjpegtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mjpegtools
How To Uninstall mjpegtools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mjpegtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mjpegtools
Uninstall mjpegtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mjpegtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mjpegtools
Remove mjpegtools Configurations and Data
To remove mjpegtools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mjpegtools
Remove mjpegtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mjpegtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mjpegtools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mjpegtools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
