How To Install libavcodec58 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec58 on Ubuntu 22.04. libavcodec58 is FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec58 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libavcodec58

libavcodec58 is:

FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

This library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle streams, and several bitstream filters.

The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation.

This package contains the runtime files.

There are three methods to install libavcodec58 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 libavcodec58 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec58 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec58

Install libavcodec58 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavcodec58 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavcodec58

Install libavcodec58 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 libavcodec58 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavcodec58

How To Uninstall libavcodec58 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libavcodec58 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavcodec58

Uninstall libavcodec58 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavcodec58 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcodec58

Remove libavcodec58 Configurations and Data

To remove libavcodec58 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavcodec58

Remove libavcodec58 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavcodec58 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcodec58

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec58 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.