How to Install and Uninstall mplayer Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 15,2024

You can also install and uninstall the mplayer on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "mplayer" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mplayer on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall mplayer on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mplayer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mplayer package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: mplayer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1
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: 4901
Depends: liba52-0.7.4 (>= 0.7.4), libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libaudio2, libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.4), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.4), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.4), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, 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), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdv4 (>= 1.0.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread8 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblirc-client0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmng2 (>= 2.0.2), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.28.0), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.4), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.4), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.4), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1 (>= 1.2.1+git20180316), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxss1, libxv1, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libxvmc1 (>= 2:1.0.12), libxxf86dga1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc, netselect | fping
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mplayer_1.4+ds1-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 2279488
MD5sum: 1202d16211b519f7041c15209b23d8ab
SHA1: 41c929ee1287bfcbb692654a30aa1eed393d1490
SHA256: 45b96a99026e78723e00716a1ce0d68494b8b443ec08fead92fa814a219f7153
SHA512: 3b3e392cdf3cf6e574ee72cc1b3f1edb595ff644978f1ea99b054df24f0e1b8f30a3177de6492adba34a15967a883bd8f91e56a5fd0bd73bbc18c8ab9e159e7f
Homepage: https://mplayerhq.hu
Description: movie player for Unix-like systems
Description-md5: c9e593924320b08f7fb621a51f8530a6
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntukylin-desktop

Package: mplayer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.4+ds1-3build1
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: 4900
Depends: liba52-0.7.4 (>= 0.7.4), libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libaudio2, libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.4), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.4), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.4), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, 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), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdv4 (>= 1.0.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread8 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblirc-client0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmng2 (>= 2.0.2), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.28.0), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.4), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.4), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.4), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1 (>= 1.2.1+git20180316), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxss1, libxv1, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libxvmc1 (>= 2:1.0.12), libxxf86dga1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc, netselect | fping
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mplayer_1.4+ds1-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 2279174
MD5sum: e2832573c6c2aabd15c6caa474f16a46
SHA1: c36ef27ab7c649b9242cd9e8b2cf0d875967737a
SHA256: bccbb49b112d0696bbcbbe5a95ff1e71ce8b589678458723ac6a8ab406d0a9e2
SHA512: 55882378cb9b54964ee4743d81fd6af554f306e272bf273a39a07172be330150cf4e29716a2e7c7b60f16b75900df62c240037c03002280188d6c99503997aa6
Homepage: https://mplayerhq.hu
Description: movie player for Unix-like systems
Description-md5: c9e593924320b08f7fb621a51f8530a6
Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntukylin-desktop