How to Install libavdevice-extra-53 software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

How to Install libavdevice-extra-53 software package in Debian 7 (Wheezy)

libavdevice-extra-53 software package provides Libav device handling library (transitional package), you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libavdevice-extra-53 

libavdevice-extra-53 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libavdevice-extra-53 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libavdevice-extra-53 *

You will get with libavdevice-extra-53 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libavdevice-extra-53 package basic information:

Distro Debian 7 wheezy
Section Libraries
Package libavdevice-extra-53
Version 6:0.8.18-0+deb7u1
Description Libav device handling library (transitional package)
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libavdevice-extra-53 software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)?