How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libavformat-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavformat-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libavformat-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libavformat-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libavformat-dev
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 5143
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1)
Description: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Multi-Arch: same
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_4.1.9-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1217316
MD5sum: 83bfc2b569c5c231506ccd9ad1267d9a
SHA256: 9b840d3fcb96ce8653189155ccd58fe3137573212f52db529cb15ad21a8921b5

Package: libavformat-dev
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:4.1.8-0+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 5140
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:4.1.8-0+deb10u1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.1.8-0+deb10u1), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.1.8-0+deb10u1), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.1.8-0+deb10u1)
Description: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
role::program, works-with::video
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_4.1.8-0+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1216488
MD5sum: 6e8b97f48ee3629634cdf7cab0ae61f9
SHA256: cfe2cd096a2add5ba6edf6c46f8498bc6632cac468915861a86a10ced8f98f66