How to Install and Uninstall libavcodec-extra Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "libavcodec-extra" package

This tutorial shows how to install libavcodec-extra on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavcodec-extra
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavcodec-extra" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libavcodec-extra on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


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

Package: libavcodec-extra
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:6.0-6ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Source: ffmpeg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 57
Depends: libavcodec-extra60 (= 7:6.0-6ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavcodec-extra_6.0-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 15406
MD5sum: 2119ea833819281461c932494a7264c7
SHA1: b025d449e9873cf0097023d340a863272c09e29f
SHA256: 50875c2d5030dec81d355472026640c91a1112ac89b4e8a755438f9eb03bdb4b
SHA512: 4c2afa5b4dc31f15bb4bf842bc401b14433ba09e25554052603c4859d812cb1691cc45faa702d51c34f9226e7d68610c2d57f051ef5f0ca96b4512b12e4f7eda
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description: FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage)
Description-md5: c7fed3b8f923a493b5362cbf63eca594