How To Install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libffmpeg-ocaml-dev is OCaml interface for FFmpeg – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libffmpeg-ocaml-dev

libffmpeg-ocaml-dev is:

The modules currently available are: Av: the module containing demuxers and muxers for reading and writing multimedia container formats. Avcodec: the module containing decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle codecs. Swresample: the module performing audio resampling, rematrixing and sample format conversion operations. Swscale: the module performing image scaling and color space/pixel format conversion operations. Avdevice: the module containing input and output devices for grabbing from and rendering to many common multimedia input/output software frameworks.

This package contains all the development stuff you need to develop OCaml programs whcich use ocaml-ffmpeg.

There are three methods to install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev 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 libffmpeg-ocaml-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev

Install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev

Install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev 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 libffmpeg-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libffmpeg-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libffmpeg-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libffmpeg-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libffmpeg-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libffmpeg-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffmpeg-ocaml-dev

Remove libffmpeg-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libffmpeg-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libffmpeg-ocaml-dev

Remove libffmpeg-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libffmpeg-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffmpeg-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libffmpeg-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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