How to Install and Uninstall mpeg2dec Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the mpeg2dec on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mpeg2dec" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mpeg2dec on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mpeg2dec" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mpeg2dec 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 mpeg2dec package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mpeg2dec
Version: 0.5.1-9
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libx11-6, libxext6, libxv1
Description: Simple libmpeg2 video decoder application
Description-md5: 971098941c894dd085b359f97a159eb6
Homepage: http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::svga, interface::text-mode,
interface::x11, role::program, sound::player, uitoolkit::ncurses,
uitoolkit::sdl, use::converting, use::playing, works-with::audio,
works-with::video, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mpeg2dec/mpeg2dec_0.5.1-9_amd64.deb
Size: 33124
MD5sum: bd87b538ca10ae4ebc70502ba78fd607
SHA256: 20cb9e78618db0059019d523fe041b88d856e1cd837f11ad9d1874f0d462a42a