How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavformat-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: libavformat-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: ffmpeg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5367
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.3.1-4ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_4.3.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1204584
MD5sum: 7a51b1504e642d80e35d420ab8fdcc15
SHA1: 814fac6189133f5de294ae8c52324c41036e1228
SHA256: f4de2fb5c74a1a6f69b304c1cf5bac64a1c67ed949300adcb31e1ae4e77eb5cc
SHA512: a9131a8bd90a92d364f898eda47f2658afa290537ab25cb9324e4783f2fa58ff82c1ece55309b3424ed90ee312dfa93d769e45070bd8828f3ba2a0f7a022b55c
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description-en: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development 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 library provides a generic framework for multiplexing and demultiplexing
(muxing and demuxing) audio, video and subtitle streams. It encompasses
multiple muxers and demuxers for multimedia container formats. It also
supports several input and output protocols to access a media resource.
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b