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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mpv" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mpv on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mpv on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mpv package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mpv
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.33.1-1ubuntu1
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: 2782
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.4.0), libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavdevice58 (>= 7:4.0), libavfilter7 (>= 7:4.0), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio19 (>= 2.1.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.74), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libgbm1 (>= 8.1~0), libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.6), liblua5.2-0, libmujs1 (>= 1.0.7), libplacebo72 (>= 2.72.0), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.4), librubberband2 (>= 1.9.0), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libsixel1, libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libuchardet0 (>= 0.0.1), libva-drm2 (>= 1.1.0), libva-wayland2 (>= 1.3.0), libva-x11-2 (>= 1.0.3), libva2 (>= 2.2.0), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvulkan1 (>= 1.2.131.2), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.15.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.15.0), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.3), libxss1, libxv1, libzimg2 (>= 0.3.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xdg-utils, youtube-dl (>= 2014.11.26)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpv/mpv_0.33.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1197622
MD5sum: 0112680949ddace920032697e187205e
SHA1: bbe382bc89e6e2beff5037dd64ff4db68520cdb3
SHA256: 4fa828625bb03f0e277dbc3d0793b038621cad9498abc2020f1235284725b2da
SHA512: f708e5046eb262854a57b49d26e1286e04d09d10ce8a2a979cb0de336498049b0b2e7e27c5f8a4e277103d9e28a4c0a1ed62df9c1ab98f31d594594bf23bedb7
Homepage: https://mpv.io/
Description-en: video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
mpv is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide
variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
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Changes from mplayer2 to mpv include:
* Removal of lots of unneeded code to encourage developer activity
* Better OSD rendering
* Cleaned up terminal output
* Improved OpenGL output
* Encoding functionality (replacement for mencoder)
* Wayland support
* Support for playing URLs of popular streaming sites
* Screenshot improvements
* ...
See mpv(1) for more info regarding changes between MPlayer, mplayer2 and mpv.
Description-md5: 42d61bf874a5fe751d6c1a8601d1276d
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