How to Install and Uninstall x264 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: September 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the x264 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "x264" package

Please follow the guidance below to install x264 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                x264
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "x264" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall x264 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 x264 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: x264
Version: 2:0.164.3095+gitbaee400-3
Installed-Size: 214
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec59 (>= 7:5.0), libavformat59 (>= 7:5.0), libavutil57 (>= 7:5.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libffms2-5 (>= 2.21), libswscale6 (>= 7:5.0), libx264-164 (>= 2:0.164.3095+gitbaee400)
Description: video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
Description-md5: c8b0af6be32fb079afa76f8ff014d453
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, works-with::video
Section: graphics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/x264/x264_0.164.3095+gitbaee400-3_amd64.deb
Size: 79968
MD5sum: 6e09dc3ca09e3f855a62dfb17494a1c6
SHA256: 9f35295b8b9a7f9866d13193beb8b066a5c4440230cb28f9cc9fcf215e9ea133