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

Last updated: December 24,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mpv" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall mpv 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 mpv package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mpv
Version: 0.35.1-4
Installed-Size: 3304
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.4.0), libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass9 (>= 1:0.15.0), libavcodec59 (>= 7:5.0), libavdevice59 (>= 7:5.0), libavfilter8 (>= 7:5.0), libavformat59 (>= 7:5.0), libavutil57 (>= 7:5.1), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta20), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio19 (>= 2.1.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.105), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.6), liblua5.2-0 (>= 5.2.4), libmujs2 (>= 1.0.7), libpipewire-0.3-0 (>= 0.3.50), libplacebo208 (>= 4.208.0), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.4), librubberband2 (>= 3.1.2+dfsg0), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libsixel1 (>= 1.10.3), libswresample4 (>= 7:5.0), libswscale6 (>= 7:5.0), libuchardet0 (>= 0.0.1), libva-drm2 (>= 1.1.0), libva-wayland2 (>= 1.3.0), libva-x11-2 (>= 1.0.3), libva2 (>= 2.2.0), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvulkan1 (>= 1.2.131.2), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.15.0), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.2.99.901), libxext6, libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxpresent1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.4.0), libxss1, libxv1, libzimg2 (>= 0.3.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xdg-utils, yt-dlp
Suggests: libcuda1
Description: video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
Description-md5: 42d61bf874a5fe751d6c1a8601d1276d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://mpv.io/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
sound::player, uitoolkit::sdl, uitoolkit::xlib, use::playing,
works-with-format::mp3, works-with-format::oggtheora,
works-with-format::oggvorbis, works-with-format::wav,
works-with::audio, works-with::video, x11::application
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mpv/mpv_0.35.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 1207360
MD5sum: c1f2018f3c7af440a0e9a5e81da7a769
SHA256: 338eb85ccfe0faeeb98841ef403e40893bec2e87186bfc7d4f02359a14dd9253