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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mplayer" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install mplayer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall mplayer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mplayer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5150
Depends: liba52-0.7.4, libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass5 (>= 0.13.0), libaudio2, 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), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda1 (>= 0.83), libcdio-paranoia1 (>= 0.83), libcdio13 (>= 0.83), libdca0, libdirectfb-1.2-9, libdv4, libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libenca0 (>= 1.9), libesd0 (>= 0.2.35), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblircclient0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (>= 7:2.4), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1, libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxss1, libxv1, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libxvmc1, libxxf86dga1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc, netselect | fping
Breaks: mplayer2 (<< 2:1.2)
Replaces: mencoder (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer-doc (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer-nogui (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer2 (<< 2:1.2)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mplayer_1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 2274242
MD5sum: e156e9e890e4d854da151168ce89db51
SHA1: 19d8bde4ae6b8162a3d2788f65c0942708a2dc52
SHA256: 29281553219366b681615446b471c9ceea1b1263e48dd61b5ee3f1e32ec6c6e8
SHA512: b5ef9ec2ed525de9cae75e0dd2e5865aeece5ffdd63b7a1d454d88eb36548714a427a0a358d7a92b32757bbacdfd85d431bf6d26a2635236a55518be08b8f7ba
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Description-en: movie player for Unix-like systems
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.
.
Another big feature of MPlayer is the wide range of supported output
drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev,
DirectFB, but also SDL.
.
Not all of the upstream code is distributed in the source tarball.
See the README.Debian and copyright files for details.
Description-md5: e1a06607c7bcbd25d2abd6bdf83b871b
Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics
Supported: 3y

Package: mplayer
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 5150
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.2.1-1
Replaces: mencoder (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer-doc (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer-nogui (<< 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-2), mplayer2
Depends: liba52-0.7.4, libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass5 (>= 0.13.0), libaudio2, 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), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda1 (>= 0.83), libcdio-paranoia1 (>= 0.83), libcdio13 (>= 0.83), libdca0, libdirectfb-1.2-9, libdv4, libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread4 (>= 4.1.3), libenca0 (>= 1.9), libesd0 (>= 0.2.35), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblircclient0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (>= 7:2.4), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswscale-ffmpeg3 (>= 7:2.4), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1, libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxss1, libxv1, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libxvmc1, libxxf86dga1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc, netselect | fping
Conflicts: mplayer2
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mplayer_1.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2274458
MD5sum: 1243d90e3d00fe1807764be26087720b
SHA1: 6adc5b965569f01836180124266721af873fc520
SHA256: fe35445cfe5f19e82ebc9a2eea96a1bde14e0599cfaa413ffe151b6a05c03225
Description-en: movie player for Unix-like systems
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.
.
Another big feature of MPlayer is the wide range of supported output
drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev,
DirectFB, but also SDL.
.
Not all of the upstream code is distributed in the source tarball.
See the README.Debian and copyright files for details.
Description-md5: e1a06607c7bcbd25d2abd6bdf83b871b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics