How to Install and Uninstall libmpeg2-4 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 02,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libmpeg2-4 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libmpeg2-4" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libmpeg2-4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmpeg2-4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmpeg2-4" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libmpeg2-4 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 libmpeg2-4 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libmpeg2-4
Source: mpeg2dec
Version: 0.5.1-9
Installed-Size: 173
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: MPEG1 and MPEG2 video decoder library
Description-md5: db91ac1224d061812f67e50854741652
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mpeg2dec/libmpeg2-4_0.5.1-9_amd64.deb
Size: 55720
MD5sum: 83b1f2d9188120f4dac186015c350d1c
SHA256: a8e18dd007804321557611d5e73d55c1502c45c63b63df81d1f64346004f9e16