How to Install libavdevice55 software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install libavdevice55 software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

libavdevice55 software package provides Libav device handling library, 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 libavdevice55 

libavdevice55 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libavdevice55 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libavdevice55 *

You will get with libavdevice55 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libavdevice55 package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Libraries
Package libavdevice55
Version 6:11.8-1~deb8u1
Description Libav device handling library
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libavdevice55 software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?