How to Install and Uninstall ffmpeg Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ffmpeg on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ffmpeg
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ffmpeg package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:6.0-6ubuntu1
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: 2428
Depends: libavcodec60 (>= 7:6.0), libavdevice60 (>= 7:6.0), libavfilter9 (>= 7:6.0), libavformat60 (>= 7:6.0), libavutil58 (>= 7:6.0), libc6 (>= 2.35), libpostproc57 (>= 7:6.0), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libswresample4 (>= 7:6.0), libswscale7 (>= 7:6.0)
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_6.0-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1853256
MD5sum: 2e496fc078320efdf0e22e92c68fd3a7
SHA1: 0452e948483f98de6561c55b853c168033167b76
SHA256: 50cc7564d0a84ce1ad09315e281e6ba4bacbb6eb4ebd6772c3bc8b9524b580e5
SHA512: 00e3c5e0c621926caa89ce52d202d38ebab5542d0c414bcf3f854020c557673e45a83441b3330aba4b013c18628ed7c93d7dc96bb7985fa937df1ceb90428e68
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Description-md5: 65e8a3535a2f8cd488043b49edb871b2
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi