How to Install and Uninstall mencoder Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "mencoder" package

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


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

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


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

Package: mencoder
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Source: mplayer
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2925
Depends: mplayer, liba52-0.7.4 (>= 0.7.4), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio18 (>= 2.0.0), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdv4 (>= 1.0.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread7 (>= 4.1.3), libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmng2 (>= 2.0.2), libmp3lame0 (>= 3.100), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.0), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtwolame0 (>= 0.3.6), libvorbisidec1 (>= 1.2.1+git20180316), libx264-155, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc
Breaks: mplayer (<< 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1)
Replaces: mplayer (<< 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mencoder_1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 788300
MD5sum: a50a482c02ec824b6b4b1baf38536944
SHA1: f2089a769b02ac415c5388d1ff674a895473fa3e
SHA256: f26c922a3eaff90019bbb8a88f470f86ea5bdac88d193d8df7cc8e2b58236fba
SHA512: 3223bea11de1a9b9e9d9d298f7c50307622b54ceceb2a596d2215dc6d45b8d59d0ee42f5060ce553fb891fe0a84bd2e2114cda8cb7afad698274a9a36842792d
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Description: MPlayer's Movie Encoder
Description-md5: 3e0b1c03e45777592769ce1aa7a30c28
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio

Package: mencoder
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.3.0-8build5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Source: mplayer
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2925
Depends: mplayer, liba52-0.7.4 (>= 0.7.4), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio18 (>= 2.0.0), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdv4 (>= 1.0.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread7 (>= 4.1.3), libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblzo2-2, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmng2 (>= 2.0.2), libmp3lame0 (>= 3.100), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.0), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtwolame0 (>= 0.3.6), libvorbisidec1 (>= 1.2.1+git20180316), libx264-155, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc
Breaks: mplayer (<< 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1)
Replaces: mplayer (<< 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mencoder_1.3.0-8build5_amd64.deb
Size: 789304
MD5sum: 44d62d901d3378610cf3315976bf1df0
SHA1: c29584e648f8c8274e537ad9a687300957ab051a
SHA256: 9ab0a633e5d26b60e83bc1739f0bd1e03a5b25ef60f4039fe32668f5d5600347
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Description: MPlayer's Movie Encoder
Description-md5: 3e0b1c03e45777592769ce1aa7a30c28
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio