How To Install sreview-encoder 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 sreview-encoder on Ubuntu.
What is sreview-encoder
sreview-encoder is:
SReview is a video review and transcoding system. It allows users to review videos, and will then (after the review has finished) transcode them into archive-quality video files.
This package contains the encoder scripts that do all the hard work. It should be installed on the machines which will do the actual transcoding.
There are three methods to install sreview-encoder 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 sreview-encoder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sreview-encoder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sreview-encoder
Install sreview-encoder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sreview-encoder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sreview-encoder
Install sreview-encoder 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 sreview-encoder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sreview-encoder
How To Uninstall sreview-encoder on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sreview-encoder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sreview-encoder
Uninstall sreview-encoder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sreview-encoder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sreview-encoder
Remove sreview-encoder Configurations and Data
To remove sreview-encoder configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sreview-encoder
Remove sreview-encoder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sreview-encoder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sreview-encoder
Dependencies
sreview-encoder have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sreview-encoder package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.