How to Install and Uninstall libavcodec-extra Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libavcodec-extra" package

Learn how to install libavcodec-extra on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavcodec-extra
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavcodec-extra" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libavcodec-extra on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libavcodec-extra
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libavcodec-extra package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libavcodec-extra
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:4.3.4-0+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 97
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec-extra58 (= 7:4.3.4-0+deb11u1)
Description: FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage)
Description-md5: c7fed3b8f923a493b5362cbf63eca594
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-extra_4.3.4-0+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 64724
MD5sum: 07636c3a5cdced74f0acd43a50ff725c
SHA256: f6713f26b6f7b1716dea32c92d52d7a40916538227708c83b82feee5f6959ecb