How To Install mjpegtools 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 mjpegtools on Ubuntu.

What is `mjpegtools`

mjpegtools is:

The mjpeg programs are a set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mjpegtools

Install mjpegtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mjpegtools

Install mjpegtools 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 mjpegtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mjpegtools

How To Uninstall mjpegtools on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove mjpegtools

Uninstall mjpegtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mjpegtools

Remove mjpegtools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mjpegtools

Remove mjpegtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mjpegtools

Dependencies

mjpegtools have the following dependencies:

References

mjpegtools website

Summary

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