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Quick installation of mediainfo:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: mediainfo
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install mediainfo
Package Details | |
| Package: | mediainfo |
| Version: | 0.7.88-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo |
| Description: | command-line utility for reading information from audio/video files MediaInfo is a utility used for retrieving technical information and other metadata about audio or video files. . A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media files include: - General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration... - Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate... - Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate... - Text: language of subtitle - Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters . MediaInfo supports the following formats: - Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)... - Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...) - Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF... - Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI... MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file . This package includes the command line interface. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 16.10 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/utils |
How to install mediainfo on Ubuntu 16.10?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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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 mediainfo is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L mediainfo' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L mediainfo dpkg-query: package 'mediainfo' 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 mediainfo:
After system update use the following command to install mediainfo:
sudo apt-get install mediainfo
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 mediainfo from Ubuntu 16.10?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the mediainfo 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 mediainfo following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove mediainfo
Following command is used to remove the mediainfo package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove mediainfo
This will remove mediainfo and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing mediainfo with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge mediainfo
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove mediainfo
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with mediainfo package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
