How To Install nordlicht on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordlicht on Kali Linux. nordlicht is create colorful video barcodes

Introduction

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

What is nordlicht

nordlicht is:

nordlicht converts video files into colorful barcodes. It’s heavily inspired by the “moviebarcode” tumblr. It takes the video’s frames in regular intervals, scales them to 1px width, and appends them. The resulting barcodes can be integrated into video players for simplified navigation.

This package contains the `nordlicht’ tool which can be used to create barcodes from video files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nordlicht

Install nordlicht Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nordlicht

Install nordlicht 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 nordlicht using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nordlicht

How To Uninstall nordlicht on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nordlicht

Uninstall nordlicht And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nordlicht

Remove nordlicht Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nordlicht

Remove nordlicht configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nordlicht

Dependencies

nordlicht have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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