How to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?
In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install ffmpeg package on Ubuntu 16.10.
Quick installation of ffmpeg:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: ffmpeg
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
Package Details | |
| Package: | ffmpeg |
| Version: | 7:3.0.2-1ubuntu3 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | https://ffmpeg.org/ |
| Description: | Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. . This package contains: * ffmpeg: a command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats * ffserver: a multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts * ffplay: a simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries * ffprobe: a simple multimedia stream analyzer * qt-faststart: a utility to rearrange Quicktime files |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 16.10 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/video |
How to install ffmpeg on Ubuntu 16.10?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 16.10 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If ffmpeg is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L ffmpeg' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L ffmpeg dpkg-query: package 'ffmpeg' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing ffmpeg:
After system update use the following command to install ffmpeg:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 16.10 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove ffmpeg from Ubuntu 16.10?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the ffmpeg from Ubuntu 16.10. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the ffmpeg following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
Following command is used to remove the ffmpeg package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove ffmpeg
This will remove ffmpeg and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing ffmpeg with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge ffmpeg
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove ffmpeg
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with ffmpeg package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.