How To Install libavfilter7 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter7 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libavfilter7
libavfilter7 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 audio/video filtering framework containing several filters, sources and sinks.
This package contains the runtime files.
There are three methods to install libavfilter7 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 libavfilter7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libavfilter7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavfilter7
Install libavfilter7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavfilter7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavfilter7
Install libavfilter7 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 libavfilter7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavfilter7
How To Uninstall libavfilter7 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libavfilter7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavfilter7
Uninstall libavfilter7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavfilter7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavfilter7
Remove libavfilter7 Configurations and Data
To remove libavfilter7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavfilter7
Remove libavfilter7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavfilter7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavfilter7
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter7 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
