How To Install divxenc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install divxenc on Ubuntu 22.04. divxenc is shell script to encode DVDs to FMP4/DivX

Introduction

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

What is divxenc

divxenc is:

A shell script which makes it easy to encode DVDs, (S)VCDs or video files to the FMP4/DivX video format using MEncoder from the MPlayer project. Here you can find more information about divxenc and the features it supports as well as a FAQ on various issues.

divxenc has a total of 8 video quality presets ranging from Normal Quality to Insane High Quality. It further has the ability to auto-detect a lot of stuff, like DVD titles, chapters, subtitles, audio streams, and it supports frequently used video filters like scale, crop, dering, deblock, noise, denoise, (un)sharp mask/gaussian blur, deinterlace, interlace, inverse telecine/pullup and hard telecine/3:2 pulldown.

There are three methods to install divxenc 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 divxenc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install divxenc

Install divxenc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install divxenc

Install divxenc 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 divxenc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install divxenc

How To Uninstall divxenc on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove divxenc

Uninstall divxenc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove divxenc

Remove divxenc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge divxenc

Remove divxenc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge divxenc

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Summary

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