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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libmediainfo-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libmediainfo-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libmediainfo-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libmediainfo-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmediainfo-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libmediainfo-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20.09+dfsg-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libmediainfo
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chow Loong Jin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 176
Depends: libzen-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, zlib1g-dev, libmediainfo0v5 (= 20.09+dfsg-1)
Filename: pool/universe/libm/libmediainfo/libmediainfo-dev_20.09+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 19196
MD5sum: edf0327dac0eebf224b4af138ee78ec4
SHA1: e53059bc186e01232ace7f3b0ee49d996dc34aaa
SHA256: f0fe10910f40ca7da6d7dcea75440d7221f8346b318761828336374cfb2cacea
SHA512: d07a3be2d826343f518e04c69c9581b299333ed91d2cb894395b153065f2ffb8d03e0e8bf21f0a7f13178dbab5122557b2e0d36765ee9f6c92018e36c1e60601
Homepage: http://MediaArea.net/MediaInfo
Description-en: library reading metadata from media files -- headers
MediaInfo is a library used for retrieving technical information and other
metadata about audio or video files.
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A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media
files include:
- General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
- Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...
- Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...
- Text: language of subtitle
- Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters
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MediaInfo supports the following formats:
- Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
- Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)
- Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...
- Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...
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This package contains the headers and other development support files needed
for compiling and linking applications and libraries which use this library.
Description-md5: 4c2245062ea2caf1c7a7453a3bf0062b