How To Install libaom0 on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install libaom0 on Ubuntu 20.04. libaom0 is AV1 Video Codec Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaom0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libaom0

libaom0 is:

AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an open and royalty free video encoding format
optimized for the Internet and the successor of VP9. aom is the
reference encoder and decoder implementation published by the Alliance
for Open Media.

This package contains the shared library.
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop

There are three methods to install libaom0 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 libaom0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaom0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaom0

Install libaom0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaom0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaom0

Install libaom0 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 libaom0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaom0

How To Uninstall libaom0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libaom0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaom0

Uninstall libaom0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaom0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaom0

Remove libaom0 Configurations and Data

To remove libaom0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaom0

Remove libaom0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaom0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaom0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaom0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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