How To Install mp4track on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install mp4v2-utils

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is mp4track and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install mp4track on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install mp4track using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install mp4track using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mp4v2-utils

Install mp4track using apt

Because mp4track is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install mp4track using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mp4v2-utils

Install mp4track using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install mp4track by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mp4v2-utils

How to upgrade (update) a single package mp4track using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the mp4track, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install mp4v2-utils

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install mp4v2-utils

How To Uninstall mp4track from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the mp4track package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mp4v2-utils

Uninstall mp4track and all its dependencies

To uninstall mp4track and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mp4v2-utils

Remove mp4track with all configurations and data

To remove mp4track configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mp4v2-utils

Remove mp4track completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to mp4track package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mp4v2-utils

Extra info and code examples

The MP4v2 library provides an API to create and modify mp4 files as defined by ISO-IEC:14496-1:2001 MPEG-4 Systems. This file format is derived from Apple's QuickTime file format that has been used as a multimedia file format in a variety of platforms and applications. It is a very powerful and extensible format that can accommodate practically any type of media. MP4v2 was originally bundled with mpeg4ip library, but has been moved into its own maintained library due to a combination of the cessation of support of mpeg4ip and the usefulness of this library on its own. This package contains the command line frontends.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install mp4track using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the mp4track from Ubuntu 22.04.

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