How to Install and Uninstall libvpx3 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libvpx3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libvpx3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libvpx3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libvpx3" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libvpx3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libvpx3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvpx3 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libvpx3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: libvpx
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastian Dröge
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2236
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx3_1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 732254
MD5sum: 9abcc80739adc9553eaf81a8001967d6
SHA1: d2bb3c75b69c3c2a514965bf167011b27575d92a
SHA256: 2b54c32aa43bc9014e485a370fa13f69e70b060b672c99671740a2138c3700d9
SHA512: 66b7568956e3cc76890c3860fe6d6f8b6c13fe2f2f177253e639b2c422c5c962f388f0e6eee925a6268b47bd1c063aa5834d7a09f37d9389b15d6ac2df82e400
Homepage: http://www.webmproject.org
Description-en: VP8 and VP9 video codec (shared library)
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 shared libraries.
Description-md5: 9cee3076e27a3ba8414aeb5e611c4e9f
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: libvpx3
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 2236
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastian Dröge
Architecture: amd64
Source: libvpx
Version: 1.5.0-2ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx3_1.5.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 731668
MD5sum: 64720c3bb6e349ef80d2bf0eca7c1604
SHA1: 28e9ba8dfe30f12c8db4fcdeff6279137416029e
SHA256: 828f01721fdd80cf48220dae3248c41ac8b29e83f521cb5a949d6b32294fd4d1
Description-en: VP8 and VP9 video codec (shared library)
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 shared libraries.
Description-md5: 9cee3076e27a3ba8414aeb5e611c4e9f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.webmproject.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop