How to Install and Uninstall x264 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "x264" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install x264 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                x264
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "x264" package

Learn how to uninstall x264 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                x264
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the x264 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: x264
Version: 2:0.155.2917+git0a84d98-2
Installed-Size: 209
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.0), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.0), libavresample4 (>= 7:4.0), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libffms2-4 (>= 2.21), libgpac4 (>= 0.5.2), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libx264-155, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
Description-md5: c8b0af6be32fb079afa76f8ff014d453
Homepage: http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, works-with::video
Section: graphics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/x264/x264_0.155.2917+git0a84d98-2_amd64.deb
Size: 84724
MD5sum: 8811cc1a829ec8da146823f8a1cb1f6f
SHA256: 6f48f5be07af6a15857a97e261ab73e32d76c2bcc3b24d2c0c696e16febbabb0