How to Install and Uninstall libavcodec-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

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1. Install "libavcodec-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libavcodec-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall libavcodec-dev 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 libavcodec-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libavcodec-dev
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 21397
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec59 (= 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1), libavutil-dev (= 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1), libswresample-dev (= 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1)
Description: FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - development files
Description-md5: 2a62521830e42037d8140eba51f0355c
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/libavcodec-dev_5.1.4-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 5772008
MD5sum: 9dad55e343d20b660c6ccebb9ec5146b
SHA256: b62e5142a5790d6a646fe388f0e00d0beac46e23fb800616e07126b4b41e0b24