How To Install libvlc-bin on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlc-bin
on Kali Linux.
What is libvlc-bin
libvlc-bin is:
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, WebM, FLAC, MP3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, podcasts, and multimedia streams from various network sources.
This package contains the vlc-cache-gen binary.
There are three methods to install libvlc-bin
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 libvlc-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlc-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvlc-bin
Install libvlc-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvlc-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvlc-bin
Install libvlc-bin 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 libvlc-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvlc-bin
How To Uninstall libvlc-bin on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libvlc-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvlc-bin
Uninstall libvlc-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvlc-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvlc-bin
Remove libvlc-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libvlc-bin
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvlc-bin
Remove libvlc-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvlc-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvlc-bin
Dependencies
libvlc-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlc-bin
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.