How To Install libavresample4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavresample4 on Kali Linux.

What is libavresample4

libavresample4 is:

FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

This library is provided for compatibility reasons only. The FFmpeg project advises to use libswresample instead.

This package contains the runtime files.

There are three methods to install libavresample4 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 libavresample4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavresample4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavresample4

Install libavresample4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavresample4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavresample4

Install libavresample4 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 libavresample4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavresample4

How To Uninstall libavresample4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libavresample4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavresample4

Uninstall libavresample4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavresample4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavresample4

Remove libavresample4 Configurations and Data

To remove libavresample4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavresample4

Remove libavresample4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavresample4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavresample4

Dependencies

libavresample4 have the following dependencies:

• libavutil56

References

• libavresample4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavresample4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.