How to Install and Uninstall gstreamer1.0-omx-generic Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: June 18,2024

1. Install "gstreamer1.0-omx-generic" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gstreamer1.0-omx-generic on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gstreamer1.0-omx-generic" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gstreamer1.0-omx-generic on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 gstreamer1.0-omx-generic package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gstreamer1.0-omx-generic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.18.0-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: gst-omx
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 347
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.44.0), libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 (>= 1.18), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.18)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gst-omx/gstreamer1.0-omx-generic_1.18.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 116516
MD5sum: 582b9c4aa194c513598b49121b9d79a4
SHA1: 42beaa3fd1036a461e9d28c4ed8b4f97b900b504
SHA256: dae390d7a220b9371812aa6c711c676b37aacbc47507d6a133d925783dfded3a
SHA512: 777ecb09457eed91ff4851327ac2f9760e9aa7cac801e7784f8a838c4ea973a17f89d1ce5db26e0392b7d0d5f0857f7f4486e1d2f84b34e6f96f3b58823ad591
Homepage: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-omx.html
Description-en: OpenMax plugins for GStreamer
This plugin wraps available OpenMAX IL components and makes them available as
standard GStreamer elements.
Description-md5: 6c2b80694062e8a3fd05829ddcb8fd8b