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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "mplayer" package

Please follow the steps below to install mplayer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall mplayer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: mplayer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
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: 5271
Depends: liba52-0.7.4 (>= 0.7.4), libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libaudio2, libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio18 (>= 2.0.0), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdirectfb-1.7-7 (>= 1.7.7), libdv4 (>= 1.0.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread7 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblirc-client0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmng2 (>= 2.0.2), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.0), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1 (>= 1.2.1+git20180316), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxss1, libxv1, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libxvmc1 (>= 2:1.0.12), 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_1.3.0-8+deb10u1build0.20.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 2253244
MD5sum: 579669396b0714c12822bcaa11262922
SHA1: 1c4e184f48194fd84fe58af9e260a88c5ea9ca43
SHA256: 4481f8073afe01a022b450c5ad57b948018679e807917a9e7f16d135d7738918
SHA512: 646caea3ccb0e71127505574676d1a1cc6ef3ef18de9018bc536d374bc2de00e0ad863e4b6bd597a9acd801d1e5f9dd6a93f4b5a51ab731363bd4f3432079e6c
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

Package: mplayer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.3.0-8build5
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: 5259
Depends: liba52-0.7.4 (>= 0.7.4), libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libaudio2, libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio18 (>= 2.0.0), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdirectfb-1.7-7 (>= 1.7.7), 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), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblirc-client0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmng2 (>= 2.0.2), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.0), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1 (>= 1.2.1+git20180316), libx11-6, 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_1.3.0-8build5_amd64.deb
Size: 2248896
MD5sum: ae5ccc5eddcbf82e636762f03fb97b04
SHA1: 6769bda77fbb895e0e73cd431e2c7aa77bd26063
SHA256: a3947b174e57bcaca11af67a215ea96c4db5c711f693422bd3f32a6ce2420b54
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