How To Install cclive on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cclive on Kali Linux. cclive is lightweight command line video extraction tool

Introduction

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

What is cclive

cclive is:

cclive is a lightweight command line video extraction tool for Youtube and other similar video websites. It is a rewrite of the clive software in C++ with lower system footprint and fewer dependencies.

cclive is primarily a “video download tool” but it can also be used along side with video player software, like “mplayer”, for viewing streamed videos instead of the Adobe flash player.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cclive

Install cclive Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cclive

Install cclive 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 cclive using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cclive

How To Uninstall cclive on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cclive

Uninstall cclive And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cclive

Remove cclive Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cclive

Remove cclive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cclive

Dependencies

cclive have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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