How to Install and Uninstall libx264-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libx264-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libx264-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libx264-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libx264-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libx264-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libx264-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libx264-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libx264-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 1714
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: x264
Version: 2:0.148.2643+git5c65704-1
Depends: libx264-148 (= 2:0.148.2643+git5c65704-1)
Filename: pool/universe/x/x264/libx264-dev_0.148.2643+git5c65704-1_amd64.deb
Size: 452480
MD5sum: 7343bb9662181c772fec759207117bdc
SHA1: 3b9241fd60c5316cbd74c286eb68ea5565cf21dc
SHA256: 0d1a64f46ad6025ed7f753a352f49086e5fb85f832e4624a87e4583725ca3fac
Description-en: development files for libx264
libx264 is an advanced encoding library for creating H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC)
video streams.
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This package contains the static library and headers used to build programs
that use libx264.
Description-md5: c388be3f239b40b3671f263fd2b72600
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m