How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libavformat-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1
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: 5298
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libavformat58 (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_4.3.2-0+deb11u1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1203812
MD5sum: d392d0fbe64695fefe3f7de2b05d5c83
SHA1: 0bfddfce30d053764b6a997be6a9a4f65dd8b77f
SHA256: efc68dcb2c9e9c8a75c46291c05415c7d6ba19c5a51a566d8784db4f9f34be47
SHA512: 2b7849b706054de9b50708ed848fb3fc377333989b78b44db75b0dfc50c0069729ff5a7a673a16c9939a34686f4b66419a7de6cccf8670ca6335b930a29b8a95
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