How To Install multimedia-video on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-video on Kali Linux. multimedia-video is Video packages

Introduction

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

What is multimedia-video

multimedia-video is:

This metapackage will install Video software. Some are especially useful to combine video and sound.

There are three methods to install multimedia-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 multimedia-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 multimedia-video using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-video

Install multimedia-video Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install multimedia-video

Install multimedia-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 multimedia-video using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-video

How To Uninstall multimedia-video on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove multimedia-video

Uninstall multimedia-video And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-video

Remove multimedia-video Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-video

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

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

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

Dependencies

multimedia-video have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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