How to Install and Uninstall libavcodec-extra Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libavcodec-extra" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libavcodec-extra on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libavcodec-extra on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libavcodec-extra
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:6.1.1-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Source: ffmpeg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 57
Depends: libavcodec-extra60 (= 7:6.1.1-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-extra_6.1.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 16740
MD5sum: 9615404ce7b838f4667c3d62aeb1e4c6
SHA1: a199ce9fd9bd79b40ba1b94899ebf654e0f4df9f
SHA256: c57036c40803777143d9ddec6492a01a23e6c11f246dd255c3115bca63cc4e29
SHA512: d740f4074b91125497007540b043a4ac2c30a9e75226cfbeef48da9b69a267130dee569edad1c6deee4def51f9e65a1a1b62152cb6be6b1915220df892a69046
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage)
Description-md5: c7fed3b8f923a493b5362cbf63eca594