How to Install and Uninstall libavformat-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libavformat-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libavformat-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libavformat-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                libavformat-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libavformat-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libavformat-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: ffmpeg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4304
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (= 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1), libavutil-dev (= 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1), libswresample-dev (= 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1)
Conflicts: libavformat-libav-dev
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 971392
MD5sum: b664ecbaefbb02989507fb247de0c9e5
SHA1: c6922c347f46bd43081006c29e1618cc99ebaec4
SHA256: dfcf8b7e1d4bef526500ca7a215042f3f99bc2d6e1ec1057247c29996558f289
SHA512: 6491a18c2ae7072709902f724a718a625d3371d505ddf82f3b7758f6c691cb008d4664cd863b91740e872526200b90040d001939718d1541f36f8ee76d3aae30
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Description-en: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development 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 library provides a generic framework for multiplexing and demultiplexing
(muxing and demuxing) audio, video and subtitle streams. It encompasses
multiple muxers and demuxers for multimedia container formats. It also
supports several input and output protocols to access a media resource.
.
This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b
Supported: 5y

Package: libavformat-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 4289
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: ffmpeg
Version: 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2
Depends: libavcodec-dev (= 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (= 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2), libavutil-dev (= 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2), libswresample-dev (= 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2)
Conflicts: libavformat-libav-dev
Filename: pool/universe/f/ffmpeg/libavformat-dev_2.8.6-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 967076
MD5sum: f06d8e61a0f7abc4ec38d311298c97ec
SHA1: 0dcfccf4ef542e9abd386213f60a2371a4714ac2
SHA256: 386242320b57a24c2840aca2a6d1caf88e2cb64023cff753ae740926dbcc129c
Description-en: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development 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 library provides a generic framework for multiplexing and demultiplexing
(muxing and demuxing) audio, video and subtitle streams. It encompasses
multiple muxers and demuxers for multimedia container formats. It also
supports several input and output protocols to access a media resource.
.
This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: c3d0b37350451cbc0772c02383988a7b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://ffmpeg.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m