How To Install kylin-video on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-video on Kali Linux. kylin-video is Front-end for MPlayer and MPV

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-video on Kali Linux.

What is kylin-video

kylin-video is:

Qt5 Mplayer and MPV front-end, with basic features like playing videos and audios to more advanced features. It supports both x86 and ARM platform, and supports most of the audio and video formats.

There are three methods to install kylin-video on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kylin-video Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kylin-video using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kylin-video

Install kylin-video Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kylin-video using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kylin-video

Install kylin-video Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kylin-video using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kylin-video

How To Uninstall kylin-video on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kylin-video package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kylin-video

Uninstall kylin-video And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kylin-video and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kylin-video

Remove kylin-video Configurations and Data

To remove kylin-video configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kylin-video

Remove kylin-video configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kylin-video configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kylin-video

Dependencies

kylin-video have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-video package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.