How to Install libavdevice57 software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install libavdevice57 software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

libavdevice57 software package provides FFmpeg library for handling input and output devices - runtime files, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libavdevice57 

libavdevice57 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libavdevice57 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libavdevice57 *

You will get with libavdevice57 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libavdevice57 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Libraries
Package libavdevice57
Version 7:3.0.2-1ubuntu3
Description FFmpeg library for handling input and output devices - runtime files
Sub Section libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libavdevice57 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?