Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder is:
Gmerlin_avdecoder is a general purpose media decoding library. It was
written as a support library for gmerlin, but it can also be used by other
applications.
This package contains the decoder plugins for gmerlin that are based on
Gmerlin_avdecoder.
There are three methods to install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
How To Uninstall gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Uninstall gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Configurations and Data
To remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
Remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
