How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libavformat-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:4.4-6ubuntu5
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: 5407
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libavformat58 (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libavutil-dev (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5), libswresample-dev (= 7:4.4-6ubuntu5)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_4.4-6ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 1346324
MD5sum: 1c2018de2beaf875c73ef0819d7497d2
SHA1: c33e2f7e7704aae706280d57d5f2a5aefa5b9f86
SHA256: 11601f925dd712e148bbe062c470cc8a5dc621e3294a1bc79095d66349d4c13d
SHA512: 206d9a009a8f323bf094544b9b7d98348e7db476f347b4ac8a6a015c354a000616c6d1b0d1d41ebbc05a3c2e5061434d6338ec147f3438fe6cfba7585d5258d1
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