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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libmediainfo-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libmediainfo-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libmediainfo-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmediainfo-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmediainfo-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libmediainfo-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 19.09+dfsg-2build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libmediainfo
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chow Loong Jin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 139
Depends: libzen-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, zlib1g-dev, libmediainfo0v5 (= 19.09+dfsg-2build1)
Filename: pool/universe/libm/libmediainfo/libmediainfo-dev_19.09+dfsg-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 16784
MD5sum: 7fce0419bc7305f81adf593ae92be02f
SHA1: 57f7ec3c9d8a607af115b9f19b1382f11669fdea
SHA256: 79f55ea092870fea5dcf0dd28531a14278d10cfc2082b0546aa72beebcb3d641
Homepage: http://MediaArea.net/MediaInfo
Description: library reading metadata from media files -- headers
Description-md5: 4c2245062ea2caf1c7a7453a3bf0062b