How to Install and Uninstall x264 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "x264" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install x264 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: x264
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 208
Depends: libavcodec57 (>= 7:3.4.1) | libavcodec-extra57 (>= 7:3.4.1), libavformat57 (>= 7:3.4.1), libavutil55 (>= 7:3.4.1), libc6 (>= 2.15), libffms2-4 (>= 2.21), libgpac4 (>= 0.5.2), libswscale4 (>= 7:3.4.1), libx264-152
Filename: pool/universe/x/x264/x264_0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2_amd64.deb
Size: 78452
MD5sum: b9b7a10096dbcc947c61bb0d46cd66c4
SHA1: a17ed917ddf3e6ea0088588adde302f56f138c5f
SHA256: b415cb582c05864d4ee69e931a9e3f8c503082146e141a6c678ffcb62377bec5
Homepage: http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
Description: video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
Description-md5: c8b0af6be32fb079afa76f8ff014d453