How to Install and Uninstall ffmpeg Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

This guide let you learn how to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ffmpeg
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ffmpeg package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1
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: 2125
Depends: libavcodec58 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libavdevice58 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libavfilter7 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libavresample4 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libavutil56 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libpostproc55 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12+dfsg1), libswresample3 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libswscale5 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1)
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Breaks: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~), winff (<< 1.5.5-5~)
Replaces: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_4.3.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1550660
MD5sum: aeb3c7c5ebe6dd5dd2d8a15fed65dcd2
SHA1: 227b3b8ad25753cdb31069fbbe99ae411a588069
SHA256: 437f7a4878ceda41bf0bb66faaf5c26d67351c44d44b43ad6445a5e7b839f174
SHA512: 3eb12818694d20f0061c7e4d1789756845cd36113db15c3ef0b78adb94ad08b19d8203099a7211a3f1e050e48449082dcb118f1f932f01f07d0a78f1894b64ea
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description-en: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode,
mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and
machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the
cutting edge.
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This package contains:
* ffmpeg: a command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats
* ffplay: a simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries
* ffprobe: a simple multimedia stream analyzer
* qt-faststart: a utility to rearrange Quicktime files
Description-md5: 65e8a3535a2f8cd488043b49edb871b2
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop