How to Install and Uninstall x265 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the x265 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "x265" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install x265 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "x265" package

Learn how to uninstall x265 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 x265 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: x265
Source: x265 (3.5-2)
Version: 3.5-2+b1
Installed-Size: 189
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx265-199 (>= 3.5), libx265-199 (<< 3.6)
Description: H.265/HEVC video stream encoder
Description-md5: 7bc0e41d3b4cb4386d57d58b716ff7c1
Homepage: http://x265.org
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/x265/x265_3.5-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 66808
MD5sum: cae26eade0e095202d5f524a0dbdcaaf
SHA256: 0ffd04e738d93358200b4d0ba70b865f1a33040043966c98edc53e69fe4f2d35