How to Install and Uninstall libavdevice59 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libavdevice59 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libavdevice59" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libavdevice59 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libavdevice59" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libavdevice59 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libavdevice59 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libavdevice59
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 288
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libavc1394-0 (>= 0.5.3), libavcodec59 (>= 7:5.0), libavfilter8 (>= 7:5.1), libavformat59 (= 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1), libavutil57 (= 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta20), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libdc1394-25 (>= 2.2.6), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.101), libgl1, libiec61883-0 (>= 1.2.0), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libraw1394-11 (>= 2.1.2), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libx11-6, libxcb-shape0, libxcb-shm0, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb1, libxext6, libxv1
Description: FFmpeg library for handling input and output devices - runtime files
Description-md5: ad40bf128a0d66f1d4aa3d3f40dd7bff
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libavdevice59_5.1.4-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 111160
MD5sum: a1042dd7161976d81355a8da1c728f4d
SHA256: 479cdac9422e291a83eecaabb222369d4191710ddecbf7ac538dcfcc41df7a95