How to Install and Uninstall ffmpeg Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

This is a short guide on how to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall ffmpeg on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ffmpeg
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ffmpeg package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:6.1.1-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2488
Depends: libavcodec60 (>= 7:6.1), libavdevice60 (>= 7:6.0), libavfilter9 (>= 7:6.0), libavformat60 (>= 7:6.0), libavutil58 (>= 7:6.0), libc6 (>= 2.35), libpostproc57 (>= 7:6.0), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libswresample4 (>= 7:6.0), libswscale7 (>= 7:6.0)
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_6.1.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2008942
MD5sum: 10433d5cffa5b119258f0263fc002db1
SHA1: bb8187189b8356fc695caca350e013e6fecfeb16
SHA256: 8799fcb19497786ec75d2c0016c89b5d9f6c0ef28d74d002cfd280768fb78876
SHA512: e7b1e067a1f20025f0738c39865251e7203a298cf21b268eee2ca6da66e013315f05ce379ccca9f1702873c01653f4b2d65b89f4762ac0656df887d59cbb0264
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Description-md5: 65e8a3535a2f8cd488043b49edb871b2
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi