How to Install and Uninstall chromium-codecs-ffmpeg Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 90.0.4430.72-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Source: chromium-browser
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3194
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0)
Conflicts: chromium-browser (<< 44), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Replaces: chromium-browser (<< 44), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Filename: pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg_90.0.4430.72-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 834204
MD5sum: a52fd01e3f5101ad000bbb614be7b27f
SHA1: e4bc3fe84799d39e08de6403ff0e05925a390cec
SHA256: 4783f1f179465e3aeda950a94367a01b64d3e4d5235a7b2cd0b33ee6ff8ab110
SHA512: 3803ee08f6f05b5f46b711489b1b0cb24a8ec34c20ef437010d8ea8db6a1b322e2fba420778ff488746d56591139d89beb83ebef9e99c2f6beba99f88824f58a
Homepage: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/
Description-en: Free ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser
An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more
stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.
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This package contains the multi-threaded ffmpeg codecs needed for the HTML5