How to Install and Uninstall libavcodec-extra Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libavcodec-extra" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libavcodec-extra on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libavcodec-extra

2. Uninstall "libavcodec-extra" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libavcodec-extra on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove libavcodec-extra $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libavcodec-extra package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libavcodec-extra
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: libavcodec-extra58
Description: FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage)
Description-md5: c7fed3b8f923a493b5362cbf63eca594
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: metapackages
Priority: extra
Filename: pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-extra_4.1.9-0+deb10u1_all.deb
Size: 70204
MD5sum: 9d987d9145ea9484c31de2cc2a6d63d9
SHA256: 6ec0342ab8ea8ed97157c34d25fde0fe072ceb0d961ede0a5acd03c381d250c8

Package: libavcodec-extra
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:4.1.8-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 105
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: libavcodec-extra58
Description: FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage)
Description-md5: c7fed3b8f923a493b5362cbf63eca594
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-extra_4.1.8-0+deb10u1_all.deb
Size: 69232
MD5sum: e2597c689143d18a8603081f66193522
SHA256: 1f5c7d524a98c943fd6afa024d2778eb4b5a53a8f8568dd2f88c8e2d39bb8998