How to Install and Uninstall aac-enc Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "aac-enc" package

Please follow the instructions below to install aac-enc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install aac-enc

2. Uninstall "aac-enc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall aac-enc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove aac-enc $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the aac-enc package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: aac-enc
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/sound
Installed-Size: 704
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: fdk-aac
Version: 0.1.3+20140816-2
Depends: libfdk-aac0 (= 0.1.3+20140816-2), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/multiverse/f/fdk-aac/aac-enc_0.1.3+20140816-2_amd64.deb
Size: 665556
MD5sum: 1b4efcd0d9a0dea35832d651a8ee2415
SHA1: 7155e1fe7c904566b4f2129ddb186ea087ae4c26
SHA256: c1bd896ad6bf99bc788acc4fc21418b6a6549fecc2ccfbfa5145a9207c25e780
Description-en: Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library - frontend binary
The FDK AAC Codec Library For Android contains an encoder implementation
of the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio codec.
.
This package contains a frontend binary capable of encoding WAVE files
using the Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library.
Description-md5: 16f812d0c8b3e09448f6f7d88536e135
Homepage: https://github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu