How to Install and Uninstall x265 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "x265" package

Please follow the guidance below to install x265 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall x265 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                x265
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the x265 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: x265
Version: 3.4-2
Installed-Size: 188
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx265-192 (>= 3.4), libx265-192 (<< 3.5)
Description: H.265/HEVC video stream encoder
Description-md5: 7bc0e41d3b4cb4386d57d58b716ff7c1
Homepage: http://x265.org
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/x265/x265_3.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 65624
MD5sum: 1ec498e983993e3141bdd6a6f1c98c04
SHA256: 994ac5d7f592f23553f87635c0aebdd6dde2f6d6bc6b14e03c25404e4a8f5ba7