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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg" package

This tutorial shows how to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ffmpeg on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ffmpeg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
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: 1855
Depends: libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.7) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.7), libavdevice-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.6), libavfilter-ffmpeg5 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.6), libavresample-ffmpeg2 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.5), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (>= 7:2.4), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libswresample-ffmpeg1 (>= 7:2.4), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libx11-6
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Breaks: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Replaces: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1289298
MD5sum: 243cdfd75246e04dedc8483b56daabb8
SHA1: 5bd626fe6227ed2c252df162fc7e746f9101f989
SHA256: 905e6be5917827a3ab4dcd06299874581ce92a2b9d0b493f047d089f9d79739f
SHA512: b890d24cab44973367110b740b0c4e2b6aec6cf2da11059598121be6bf8330ca1076a128bb6c4a8aea4f4666524a7aa9e8c8a65e33d1bc3ddeae765e32083d98
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description-en: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode,
mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and
machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the
cutting edge.
.
This package contains:
* ffmpeg: a command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats
* ffserver: a multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts
* ffplay: a simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries
* ffprobe: a simple multimedia stream analyzer
* qt-faststart: a utility to rearrange Quicktime files
Description-md5: 032ff4ee68b923f5137379a7857cb8a8
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntukylin-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: ffmpeg
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 1855
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2
Replaces: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Depends: libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.7) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.7), libavdevice-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.6), libavfilter-ffmpeg5 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.6), libavresample-ffmpeg2 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.5), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (>= 7:2.4), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libswresample-ffmpeg1 (>= 7:2.4), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libx11-6
Suggests: ffmpeg-doc
Breaks: libav-tools (<< 6:12~~), qt-faststart (<< 7:2.7.1-3~)
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_2.8.6-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1288006
MD5sum: efa329b36bf5bdcd977eb6780efda12a
SHA1: 14d93e6d8ef110e1b176fbeea5b029ef01f6c1a6
SHA256: 370bd52849f2ce54f81743070f5c9b3cfbe8fd63af8bded0de9c7a0f4c888915
Description-en: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode,
mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and
machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the
cutting edge.
.
This package contains:
* ffmpeg: a command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats
* ffserver: a multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts
* ffplay: a simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries
* ffprobe: a simple multimedia stream analyzer
* qt-faststart: a utility to rearrange Quicktime files
Description-md5: 032ff4ee68b923f5137379a7857cb8a8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntukylin-desktop