How to Install libavcodec-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libavcodec-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libavcodec-dev software package provides Development files for libavcodec, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

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

libavcodec-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libavcodec-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libavcodec-dev
Version 6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [amd64
Description Development files for libavcodec
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libavcodec-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?