How to Install and Uninstall libavcodec59 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libavcodec59 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libavcodec59" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libavcodec59 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavcodec59
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavcodec59" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libavcodec59 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libavcodec59
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libavcodec59 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libavcodec59
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 14689
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaom3 (>= 3.2.0), libavutil57 (= 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.35), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcodec2-1.0 (>= 1.0.5), libdav1d6 (>= 0.9.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgsm1 (>= 1.0.18), libjxl0.7 (>= 0.7.0), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libmfx1 (>= 18.4.0), libmp3lame0 (>= 3.100), libopenjp2-7 (>= 2.0.0), libopus0 (>= 1.1), librav1e0 (>= 0.5.1), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libshine3 (>= 3.1.0), libsnappy1v5 (>= 1.1.9), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~), libsvtav1enc1 (>= 1.4.1+dfsg), libswresample4 (>= 7:5.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtwolame0 (>= 0.3.10), libva2 (>= 2.9.0), libvorbis0a (>= 1.1.2), libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2), libvpx7 (>= 1.12.0), libwebp7 (>= 1.2.4), libwebpmux3 (>= 1.2.4), libx264-164 (>= 2:0.164.3095+gitbaee400), libx265-199 (>= 3.5), libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libzvbi0 (>= 0.2.35), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Suggests: libcuda1, libnvcuvid1, libnvidia-encode1
Description: FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - runtime files
Description-md5: b6405aed870af39811ea887203c50393
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec59_5.1.4-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 5218760
MD5sum: 243d44daaa744b7dec25afaa1885df01
SHA256: cfc17b457468dde181dee9c7a9e7e836c10efb48650e6dc2bda26a828acdb02b