libavcodec-extra software package provides FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage), you can install in your Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra
libavcodec-extra is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libavcodec-extra package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libavcodec-extra *
You will get with libavcodec-extra package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 17 04 zesty zapus |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | libavcodec-extra |
| Version | 7:3.2-2 |
| Description | FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage) |
| Sub Section | libs |