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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libmediainfo-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libmediainfo-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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

Package: libmediainfo-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chow Loong Jin
Architecture: amd64
Source: libmediainfo
Version: 0.7.82-1
Depends: libzen-dev, zlib1g-dev, libmediainfo0v5 (= 0.7.82-1)
Filename: pool/universe/libm/libmediainfo/libmediainfo-dev_0.7.82-1_amd64.deb
Size: 15196
MD5sum: 3054311c25b104943ef6fef685feb575
SHA1: 7f125702af5881b819822eadfac38a09ee57d356
SHA256: 98bb832b449572ff16a3b9e6a8768b719d7d4562b0e6bee25db007cabb798509
Description-en: library reading metadata from media files -- headers
MediaInfo is a library used for retrieving technical information and other
metadata about audio or video files.
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A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media
files include:
- General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
- Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...
- Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...
- Text: language of subtitle
- Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters
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MediaInfo supports the following formats:
- Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
- Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)
- Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...
- Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...
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This package contains the headers and other development support files needed
for compiling and linking applications and libraries which use this library.
Description-md5: 4c2245062ea2caf1c7a7453a3bf0062b
Homepage: http://MediaArea.net/MediaInfo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu