How to Install and Uninstall ffmpeg Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

Please follow the guidance below to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ffmpeg on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1
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: 2223
Depends: libavcodec57 (>= 7:3.4.11) | libavcodec-extra57 (>= 7:3.4.11), libavdevice57 (>= 7:3.4.11), libavfilter6 (>= 7:3.4.11) | libavfilter-extra6 (>= 7:3.4.11), libavformat57 (>= 7:3.4.11), libavresample3 (>= 7:3.4.11), libavutil55 (>= 7:3.4.11), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpostproc54 (>= 7:3.4.11), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.8), libswresample2 (>= 7:3.4.11), libswscale4 (>= 7:3.4.11)
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Breaks: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Replaces: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1586856
MD5sum: 9fd1db8c967a2b82e999142e30769179
SHA1: 051446e4ebe4ce1bece7275d1d432b44bb5b623d
SHA256: 9e358e8b69ec5ebb1cb4acc9c1937ab8eb60433a1be81235210ccef6445b62ab
SHA512: ad168a5c2f007b2770fb9f91429b679fe1199f44241333c25f2ca5669a2cd6898f9b03cb2bf9e257b911756d1e72edd69cf71c311b3ed29c278ebd0ec58bdeb5
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Description-md5: 032ff4ee68b923f5137379a7857cb8a8
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 3y

Package: ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:3.4.2-2
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: 2223
Depends: libavcodec57 (>= 7:3.4.2) | libavcodec-extra57 (>= 7:3.4.2), libavdevice57 (>= 7:3.4.2), libavfilter6 (>= 7:3.4.2) | libavfilter-extra6 (>= 7:3.4.2), libavformat57 (>= 7:3.4.2), libavresample3 (>= 7:3.4.2), libavutil55 (>= 7:3.4.2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpostproc54 (>= 7:3.4.2), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.8), libswresample2 (>= 7:3.4.2), libswscale4 (>= 7:3.4.2)
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Breaks: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Replaces: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_3.4.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1586588
MD5sum: 502ed52e8b9f84d8cd17700e4be181e9
SHA1: 6d00502dfebc232b5133e32b1d918d30e53d2b42
SHA256: c9b72ce49822c5f1ded474c5fcc240db90a8891b556317b785d226f2e1aa42bb
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Description-md5: 032ff4ee68b923f5137379a7857cb8a8
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 3y