I am trying to compile MakeMKV for a persistent Ubuntu 16.04 Live USB. One of the dependencies is libavcodec-dev, but whenever I try to install it I am told the package is not found. I search on google and find pages like this which suggest that it should be there. What's going on? Is it because it is a Live USB? Is the package repo limited? I have run sudo apt-get update to be sure and it still doesn't work.
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3Did you [enable the universe repository](http://askubuntu.com/questions/148638/how-do-i-enable-the-universe-repository)? – steeldriver Nov 05 '16 at 22:56
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@steeldriver Seems to have worked, thanks! I didn't realise I had to enable it. It was always enabled already when I've been using Ubuntu in the past. – Luke Nov 05 '16 at 23:03
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That package is available for all currently supported versions of Ubuntu in the Universe repository when in doubt use Ubuntu Package Search to not only verify a packages existence but also determine which repository it is in. Here's an example:
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