How to Install and Uninstall chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra" package

This is a short guide on how to install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Architecture: amd64
Version: 104.0.5112.101-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Source: chromium-browser
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4479
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0)
Conflicts: chromium-browser (<< 44), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
Replaces: chromium-browser (<< 44), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
Filename: pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_104.0.5112.101-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1161668
MD5sum: 03b060823e574cefc3c77073217bb017
SHA1: dca09d783dde88269eb9c24b0c4594c85455b859
SHA256: 57ecea2e123c2fff2cb31491e92dafe20500b682b77c1f058bd6da8c11446ae5
SHA512: 4fc643cea064486f503a1d7908e799361a79f95c3eb881133289a220e6297370d68797a2a68a219090cec9d4c1be5e01e096d1b245e02ddf8c5a5e9162b909c1
Homepage: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/
Description: Extra ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser
Description-md5: e25eff2efc99ff0ac68a4920e4d54635
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 3y

Package: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Architecture: amd64
Version: 65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Source: chromium-browser
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4033
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27)
Conflicts: chromium-browser (<< 44), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
Replaces: chromium-browser (<< 44), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
Filename: pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1032684
MD5sum: 259a38fbf7e55113ce6b06d10f72d55e
SHA1: c7d35f94edde385711fc472d6eda2f4519ee5cad
SHA256: 6e8c16e757425b00d2a071fc012998f4b0a439ca7e8942b9e13c75d7f6019e69
Homepage: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/
Description: Extra ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser
Description-md5: e25eff2efc99ff0ac68a4920e4d54635
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 3y