How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libavformat-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavformat-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libavformat-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: libavformat-dev
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:4.3.4-0+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 5334
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:4.3.4-0+deb11u1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.3.4-0+deb11u1), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.3.4-0+deb11u1), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.3.4-0+deb11u1)
Description: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
role::program, works-with::video
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_4.3.4-0+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1255280
MD5sum: bb08b299859bbdcb8ffd09e601464ebb
SHA256: 56c9291fa8270af84d5892db24f579e7f3742b15d14b08b7d5c4d84123af55bf