How to Install and Uninstall x264 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "x264" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install x264 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall x264 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                x264
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the x264 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: x264
Version: 2:0.160.3011+gitcde9a93-2.1
Installed-Size: 225
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.1), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), libffms2-4 (>= 2.21), libgpac10 (>= 1.0.1+dfsg1-1~), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libx264-160 (>= 2:0.160.3011+gitcde9a93)
Description: video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
Description-md5: c8b0af6be32fb079afa76f8ff014d453
Homepage: http://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_0.160.3011+gitcde9a93-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 88504
MD5sum: 8d114c2297254f1c6d9da6b4537a2635
SHA256: b948282451f22f81f1b940ab5eea095e0fdc54dffbcdb554c63f4309e4eb0415