How To Install divxcomp on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is divxcomp

divxcomp is:

This is a bitrate calculator for DivX;-) movies. it helps you to calculate (given the preferred size of the movie the sound bitrate and the length of the movie) the correct encoding video bitrate for a given movie.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install divxcomp

Install divxcomp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install divxcomp

Install divxcomp 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 divxcomp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install divxcomp

How To Uninstall divxcomp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove divxcomp

Uninstall divxcomp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove divxcomp

Remove divxcomp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge divxcomp

Remove divxcomp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge divxcomp

Dependencies

divxcomp have the following dependencies:

• perl-tk

References

• divxcomp website

Summary

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