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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "mplayer" package

This guide let you learn how to install mplayer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mplayer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: mplayer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.3.0-7build2
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: 4946
Depends: liba52-0.7.4, libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libaudio2, libavcodec57 (>= 7:3.4.1) | libavcodec-extra57 (>= 7:3.4.1), libavformat57 (>= 7:3.4.1), libavutil55 (>= 7:3.4.1), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+0.94+2), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+0.94+2), libcdio17 (>= 1.0.0), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdirectfb-1.7-7 (>= 1.7.7), libdv4 (>= 1.0.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblirc-client0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc54 (>= 7:3.4.1), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample2 (>= 7:3.4.1), libswscale4 (>= 7:3.4.1), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1, libx11-6, libx264-152, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxss1, libxv1, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libxvmc1, libxxf86dga1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc, netselect | fping
Conflicts: mplayer2
Replaces: mencoder (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer-doc (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer-nogui (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer2
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mplayer_1.3.0-7build2_amd64.deb
Size: 2214616
MD5sum: aa42061da3c54a615b7082cf65233fc0
SHA1: 8a0718efc92b61c31e64ce401f80ae5b585f34a7
SHA256: e5c700e74c1764734581bbff1d216cba7968983b60ed994b14eeb392b84ac848
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Description: movie player for Unix-like systems
Description-md5: e1a06607c7bcbd25d2abd6bdf83b871b
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop
Supported: 3y