How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

Learn how to install libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libavformat-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1
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: 5273
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1186888
MD5sum: 5bf2bd4863010a6a763f531a79fa9038
SHA1: 876075b4d6e94d5fb28288f9a1a81d8b07ac5e3f
SHA256: 3c387e73537d9ee3af0a6dd7e58d934d12d57ffb58faad27ee6dbb5a290031fe
SHA512: 099f9c2040b2908852257f8272aa3ef7d2bd5cfecfc8febbd95409916894e82520b087bcee2c3e3c998c99cdaa76309ceed6588a20f074f528678eb9ff16cb51
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b

Package: libavformat-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1
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: 5260
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1181996
MD5sum: 988c27839f74e80224f0c7545f765e70
SHA1: 1e60cc90a9570f5522c9ee859bdfd1e793978d9e
SHA256: 25f28e91b533dd421a5df4370ec2b3980db1cbde5014a90ff0a05d568c74bc92
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b