How to Install and Uninstall x264 Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "x264" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install x264 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                x264
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "x264" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall x264 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                x264
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the x264 package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: x264
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:0.164.3095+gitbaee400-3build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 213
Depends: libavcodec60 (>= 7:6.0), libavformat60 (>= 7:6.0), libavutil58 (>= 7:6.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libffms2-5 (>= 2.21), libswscale7 (>= 7:6.0), libx264-164 (>= 2:0.164.3095+gitbaee400)
Filename: pool/universe/x/x264/x264_0.164.3095+gitbaee400-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 82344
MD5sum: df85c930f64644cfcee0fdb0241d8820
SHA1: a55863e05d77e13c1e15965a577e69ba0edfa28c
SHA256: e64f4743a9cb91fdcebcc1111ad8b07427e26d6953e51bd3496d54f928ee346a
SHA512: f4fc252c706b101f54317291e27881c67acd6aff3c3f9765049cbb9cc302578f022a296f5a461bad2970b3821fe235675e18f859b7aaecaab5debc9b14cda4ad
Homepage: https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
Description: video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
Description-md5: c8b0af6be32fb079afa76f8ff014d453