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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libvpx-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libvpx-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: libvpx-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libvpx
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastian Dröge
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3253
Depends: libvpx3 (= 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1)
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx-dev_1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 819544
MD5sum: 85a00ab32947523e571d2c71091c8add
SHA1: b635b5e76ca1cf97424090de288f9a06c6aa441e
SHA256: 40d819a2c70e2c45bb8b289a2457140e6e0680f0bee2e11a636a99a86811d2f2
SHA512: 04c3fd5b94b8b2ba939c8446c6d5e1d490bd4fc58a70f7144c3efe476d28225230f9b03c31f4d6a565e999dd3e059dcebed54a729b8a01b41b0951648c9b336e
Homepage: http://www.webmproject.org
Description-en: VP8 and VP9 video codec (development files)
VP8 and VP9 are open video codecs, originally developed by On2 and released
as open source by Google Inc. They are the successor of the VP3 codec,
on which the Theora codec was based.
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This package contains the development libraries, header files needed by
programs that want to compile with libvpx.
Description-md5: 20f177b050644bf2586164ae43baab1e
Supported: 5y

Package: libvpx-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 3254
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastian Dröge
Architecture: amd64
Source: libvpx
Version: 1.5.0-2ubuntu1
Depends: libvpx3 (= 1.5.0-2ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx-dev_1.5.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 818602
MD5sum: 680d56028ed3806a0b1155cd9ad68f25
SHA1: e827e8578915ff421d9a6287690b91ebdb50429e
SHA256: 68607bb7efc412b0b8871ed0a68a33ea59e21e0d7bddd854ce1fb6bed08d3731
Description-en: VP8 and VP9 video codec (development files)
VP8 and VP9 are open video codecs, originally developed by On2 and released
as open source by Google Inc. They are the successor of the VP3 codec,
on which the Theora codec was based.
.
This package contains the development libraries, header files needed by
programs that want to compile with libvpx.
Description-md5: 20f177b050644bf2586164ae43baab1e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.webmproject.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m