How to Install and Uninstall x264 Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "x264" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install x264 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall x264 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: x264
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:0.164.3108+git31e19f9-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 217
Depends: libavcodec60 (>= 7:6.0), libavformat60 (>= 7:6.0), libavutil58 (>= 7:6.0), libc6 (>= 2.38), libffms2-5 (>= 2.21), libswscale7 (>= 7:6.0), libx264-164 (>= 2:0.164.3108+git31e19f9)
Filename: pool/universe/x/x264/x264_0.164.3108+git31e19f9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 82946
MD5sum: 77261ff882879cbfbf6e110f181a3e7a
SHA1: 33e4943f381ef1a83db388b33af0337f9495e5ff
SHA256: 50a21cb3332409ffc99b3d1dfa62f7fcb91183c15e005ff81d318d8971e432d7
SHA512: 9945c3eddabd1d406a898e88ea9bcaa08adbff215f7241a6b6c97c85b5fa1b9c12644ee9b0c836eb4ca71a3c0c8398196063536fe1c45023bcb07c7825d773de
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
Description: video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
Description-md5: c8b0af6be32fb079afa76f8ff014d453