How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

Learn how to install libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavformat-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libavformat-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libavformat-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: ffmpeg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5007
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1), libavformat57 (= 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1), libavutil-dev (= 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1), libswresample-dev (= 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1132660
MD5sum: 2495dec4d4d07ca837dab9dc01009649
SHA1: bf9913a5964d3674357949fb9d390d3012a64b88
SHA256: 394c727d9ae02225c6b6549624f3e29586d14e72168e4d4b9b85784787f9e092
SHA512: 04483306830be32158136c8afd868a342b7f8a7e81db0e218277b3fca2d18acd17b3e88ce22535f59d63452e252cd02a06ff6329ae02cb4c4351070617ab5afa
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b
Supported: 3y

Package: libavformat-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:3.4.2-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: ffmpeg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4983
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:3.4.2-2), libavformat57 (= 7:3.4.2-2), libavutil-dev (= 7:3.4.2-2), libswresample-dev (= 7:3.4.2-2)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_3.4.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1126656
MD5sum: 6d07d64b7b522a143329f142252733aa
SHA1: cc80ebbb9aeb82dc18d200d82aeadb7db83d5363
SHA256: 5195ac6dc207b62b316af86f179ba03780451ca20c0695471457cc5bbccccbfc
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b
Supported: 3y