How To Install libmlt-data on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt-data on Ubuntu.
What is libmlt-data
libmlt-data is:
MLT is an open source multimedia framework, designed and developed for television broadcasting. It provides a toolkit for broadcasters, video editors, media players, transcoders, web streamers and many more types of applications. The functionality of the system is provided via an assortment of ready to use tools, xml authoring components, and an extendible plug-in based API.
This package contains the data files for the MLT multimedia framework.
There are three methods to install libmlt-data on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmlt-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlt-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmlt-data
Install libmlt-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmlt-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmlt-data
Install libmlt-data 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 libmlt-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmlt-data
How To Uninstall libmlt-data on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmlt-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmlt-data
Uninstall libmlt-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmlt-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlt-data
Remove libmlt-data Configurations and Data
To remove libmlt-data configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmlt-data
Remove libmlt-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmlt-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlt-data
Dependencies
libmlt-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt-data package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.