How to Install and Uninstall libfaad2 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libfaad2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libfaad2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libfaad2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libfaad2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libfaad2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfaad2 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libfaad2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.2-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: faad2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 533
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29)
Conflicts: libfaad2-0
Replaces: libfaad2-0
Filename: pool/universe/f/faad2/libfaad2_2.9.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 153736
MD5sum: ccc89ded447d2754638b73f63da10acc
SHA1: fac41fc3df22747799cf154058e19a36afa4a4bd
SHA256: 10576123237c18e9cef09433980c235d9e909bcc710469d4b2e689fc78fcb5c4
SHA512: b6ecf4fe453c7897bd8c3b7d5242a4c9920ad988a0a5cae9ef03e294b170e10b319880c17fac6f7e96ea79dfa29c13832c03405280ec0b941532907ce33f4700
Homepage: https://github.com/knik0/faad2
Description-en: freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - runtime files
FAAD2 is the fastest ISO AAC audio decoder available. FAAD2 correctly
decodes all MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 MAIN, LOW, LTP, LD and ER object type AAC
files.
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This package contains the shared library and an extra
library with support for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM).
Description-md5: 9307be517a3f30e946fbc168e7e3f958
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop