How to Install libavdevice-dev software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install libavdevice-dev software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

libavdevice-dev software package provides Development files for libavdevice, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libavdevice-dev 

libavdevice-dev is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libavdevice-dev *

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

libavdevice-dev package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Library development
Package libavdevice-dev
Version 6:11.8-1~deb8u1
Description Development files for libavdevice
Sub Section Libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libavdevice-dev software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?