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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "ffmpegfs" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ffmpegfs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ffmpegfs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: ffmpegfs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.98-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Norbert Schlia
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1095
Depends: libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavfilter7 (>= 7:4.0), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.28), libdvdread8 (>= 4.1.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.14.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpegfs/ffmpegfs_1.98-3_amd64.deb
Size: 283000
MD5sum: 685959ea5abd3324d51ac42ae740d4ca
SHA1: 83babefc405886d6b60b19788bb709fb0906bf00
SHA256: 98294b8f31ff691d0cb1e310631bc001ac06b89c46c2e3b48cd54a3a67a9c495
SHA512: b03fc23b92f143eadc1c463df14bc886363bf480cd76acb2dfb354788308852dc9721ce1d7cd19a66d0d15ee5c5ae1ec0b6e853822eaf23c39a1c49fb6f5684b
Homepage: https://nschlia.github.io/ffmpegfs/
Description-en: Fuse Multi Media Filesystem
A read-only FUSE filesystem which transcodes various audio and video formats
to MP4, WebM and many more on the fly when opened and read using the FFmpeg
library, this way supporting a multitude of input formats and a variety of
common output formats.
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This allows access to a multi media file collection with software and/or
hardware which only understands one of the supported output formats, or
transcode files through simple drag-and-drop in a file browser.
Description-md5: 87babe46874a33a907cbc33aa3cf71e6