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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "mencoder" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mencoder on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mencoder
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mencoder" package

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


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

Package: mencoder
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Source: mplayer
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2768
Depends: mplayer, liba52-0.7.4, libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass5 (>= 0.13.0), libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.4), libbluray1 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcdio-cdda1 (>= 0.83), libcdio-paranoia1 (>= 0.83), libcdio13 (>= 0.83), libdca0, libdv4, libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblzo2-2, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmp3lame0, libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (>= 7:2.4), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libtwolame0, libvorbisidec1, libx264-148, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc
Breaks: mplayer (<< 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1)
Replaces: mplayer (<< 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mencoder_1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 800800
MD5sum: 984f3c4b6247bc36183de6ea0a880a39
SHA1: 0654bbfbf9dde87798ca05514ac9701aa85fea6b
SHA256: aea12ea6b511b21662b652f386fb03ba3a54b1741bbe7bb9cd3190277fb6f478
SHA512: d9e11254c0429d98340e08d60cf43e2ba85fcf61be005c2cdc3361b3677c2ce9997bdabba6b76a215efebae196b3c8ffa763f26343a8125913fd5fd31575ea5a
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Description-en: MPlayer's Movie Encoder
MPlayer plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO,
ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ, PVA files,
supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and Win32 DLL codecs. It can
also play VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, RealMedia, and DivX movies.
.
This package contains mencoder, a simple movie encoder, designed to
encode MPlayer-playable movies
(AVI/ASF/OGG/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/FLI/RM/NUV/NET) to other
MPlayer-playable formats. It can encode with various codecs, like DivX4
(1 or 2 passes), libavcodec, PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. Also has stream
copying and video resizing capabilities.
Description-md5: 3e0b1c03e45777592769ce1aa7a30c28
Task: ubuntustudio-video
Supported: 3y

Package: mencoder
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 2768
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: mplayer
Version: 2:1.2.1-1
Replaces: mplayer (<< 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1)
Depends: mplayer, liba52-0.7.4, libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass5 (>= 0.13.0), libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4), libavformat-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4), libavutil-ffmpeg54 (>= 7:2.4), libbluray1 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcdio-cdda1 (>= 0.83), libcdio-paranoia1 (>= 0.83), libcdio13 (>= 0.83), libdca0, libdv4, libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblzo2-2, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmp3lame0, libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (>= 7:2.4), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libtwolame0, libvorbisidec1, libx264-148, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc
Breaks: mplayer (<< 2:1.1.1+svn37434-1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mencoder_1.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 800596
MD5sum: b8bc8af6e4a1ef8ee190593e8af4ad7c
SHA1: 0eddc8a802a09ea9c01cc6b330e08ae12717c0ac
SHA256: bc1e60f9a914206e00a0c897a5b6fcd0c936e2404c8f11551ba6aac0873ce9c5
Description-en: MPlayer's Movie Encoder
MPlayer plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO,
ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ, PVA files,
supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and Win32 DLL codecs. It can
also play VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, RealMedia, and DivX movies.
.
This package contains mencoder, a simple movie encoder, designed to
encode MPlayer-playable movies
(AVI/ASF/OGG/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/FLI/RM/NUV/NET) to other
MPlayer-playable formats. It can encode with various codecs, like DivX4
(1 or 2 passes), libavcodec, PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. Also has stream
copying and video resizing capabilities.
Description-md5: 3e0b1c03e45777592769ce1aa7a30c28
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntustudio-video