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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libdvdread-dev" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libdvdread-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libdvdread-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 311
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libdvdread
Version: 5.0.3-1
Depends: libdvdread4 (= 5.0.3-1), pkg-config
Recommends: libdvdnav-dev
Suggests: libdvdcss-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libd/libdvdread/libdvdread-dev_5.0.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 61626
MD5sum: 2c0c91fc5dafa81ba6b83a903e88e108
SHA1: 0bd7caab68772a7a7dff28b4139f1d6a7ff05bfd
SHA256: 30e160cc6f03157a9a4cf10d511b227cb1cf69faa40f647a453afe67ddb4ceda
Description-en: library for reading DVDs (development)
libdvdread provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs. It
parses IFO files, reads NAV-blocks, and performs CSS authentication and
descrambling.
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: b03b977078718f41f1e29f7c3710abc5
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://dvdnav.mplayerhq.hu/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m