How to Install libavcodec53 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install libavcodec53 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

libavcodec53 software package provides Libav codec library, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libavcodec53 

libavcodec53 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libavcodec53 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libavcodec53 *

You will get with libavcodec53 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libavcodec53 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Libraries
Package libavcodec53
Version 4:0.8.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 [amd
Description Libav codec library
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libavcodec53 software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?