How to Install and Uninstall ffmpeg Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

This is a short guide on how to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install ffmpeg

2. Uninstall "ffmpeg" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ffmpeg on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove ffmpeg $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the ffmpeg package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:4.4-6ubuntu5
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: 2233
Depends: libavcodec58 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libavdevice58 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libavfilter7 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libavformat58 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libavutil56 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libc6 (>= 2.34), libpostproc55 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libswresample3 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libswscale5 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5)
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_4.4-6ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 1694722
MD5sum: 455469342e32d060fc29abf922ec3a95
SHA1: fc33c38cff1ecf34f18bc35448d885715a1b49c1
SHA256: 6734631ae0e5a9b9900fc3930dd459603d92bcb2bb3ecf4e3c526d2747b9d49d
SHA512: fafa564b2b95fb610b795bfbce8d0c144b768a98b0ca6581c165ea0cc9b658672a04f067e763a3a71ab96e3ba68b58780ba6a9277f233c6a29f3f283230832db
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.
.
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