How to Install and Uninstall ffmpeg Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ffmpeg on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1
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 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libavdevice58 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libavfilter7 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libavresample4 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libavutil56 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libpostproc55 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libswresample3 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libswscale5 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1)
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_4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1545552
MD5sum: b45e7f044518b7306f402b0a8fff195e
SHA1: 5686b38505af62a74eeb5c7b0e3414fe4fa94a99
SHA256: 33ef2fdb8df83433bd4a227cca96d1406a1c7e60564cc95a50bebdac577abd90
SHA512: 38110510f9ee72cccb7ca099321be45a8bf16b9eb1bbd0c53d7c62038fe31377f8834ed83515f1a2b6d47804f97145aec09bde4fe54718d0d12296225475c202
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, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi