How To Install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg on Kali Linux.

What is cmus-plugin-ffmpeg

cmus-plugin-ffmpeg is:

C* Music Player is a modular and very configurable ncurses-based audio player. It has some interesting features like configurable colorscheme, mp3 and ogg streaming, it can be controlled with an UNIX socket, filters, album/artists sorting and a vi-like configuration interface.

This package adds FFmpeg support to C* Music Player.

There are three methods to install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg 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 cmus-plugin-ffmpeg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg

Install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg

Install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg 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 cmus-plugin-ffmpeg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cmus-plugin-ffmpeg

How To Uninstall cmus-plugin-ffmpeg on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cmus-plugin-ffmpeg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cmus-plugin-ffmpeg

Uninstall cmus-plugin-ffmpeg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmus-plugin-ffmpeg

Remove cmus-plugin-ffmpeg Configurations and Data

To remove cmus-plugin-ffmpeg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cmus-plugin-ffmpeg

Remove cmus-plugin-ffmpeg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cmus-plugin-ffmpeg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cmus-plugin-ffmpeg

Dependencies

cmus-plugin-ffmpeg have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec58

References

• cmus-plugin-ffmpeg website

Summary

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