Complete Guide: Installing mplayer2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2025

1. Install "mplayer2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mplayer2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mplayer2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mplayer2" package

Learn how to uninstall mplayer2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mplayer2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mplayer2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mplayer2
Architecture: all
Version: 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/oldlibs
Source: mplayer
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37
Depends: mplayer (>= 2:1.2)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mplayer/mplayer2_1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1_all.deb
Size: 5536
MD5sum: d0a80ed113553f8e50d5c2dec63430eb
SHA1: 3fff732d490366b84fa4f1ee92154c1f7c1cd4df
SHA256: 45a6a98fe4db473ef7d64462397c596ba1258e672f6a82ca1c065f4a20d68e68
SHA512: a6deecb7d3315818dd0dd504ec630b3d2a28f965011845007ecba63dc215ad866455245bd4ad6f7bf9bacec7fba1bba878084cc74e28932d084a410f68c0a44e
Homepage: https://www.mplayerhq.hu
Description-en: transitional package from mplayer2 to mplayer
This package exists to upgrade mplayer2 users to mplayer; it can be safely
removed once the upgrade has been performed.
Description-md5: 6cf4c4566792fbfb534f1a9814bc796f