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

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

libvpx-dev software package provides VP8 video codec (development files), 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 libvpx-dev 

libvpx-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libvpx-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libvpx-dev
Version 1.3.0-2
Description VP8 video codec (development files)
Sub Section libdevel


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