How to Install and Uninstall ffmpeg Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the ffmpeg on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

This guide let you learn how to install ffmpeg on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ffmpeg on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ffmpeg package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ffmpeg
Version: 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 2376
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec59 (>= 7:5.0), libavdevice59 (>= 7:5.0), libavfilter8 (>= 7:5.1), libavformat59 (>= 7:5.1), libavutil57 (>= 7:5.1), libc6 (>= 2.35), libpostproc56 (>= 7:5.0), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libswresample4 (>= 7:5.1), libswscale6 (>= 7:5.0)
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Description: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Description-md5: 65e8a3535a2f8cd488043b49edb871b2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, network::server, role::program, role::shared-lib,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::sdl, use::compressing, use::converting,
use::playing, works-with::audio, works-with::video, x11::application
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_5.1.4-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1811108
MD5sum: ba928f239b23fc112343be32059fb47a
SHA256: 078295a64b9f719f7beaea1aeec9d1d0376afee605ff078c542792916798123a