How To Install dvdauthor on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dvdauthor

dvdauthor is:

dvdauthor is a program that will generate a DVD movie from a valid mpeg2 stream that should play when you put it in a DVD player.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dvdauthor

Install dvdauthor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dvdauthor

Install dvdauthor 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 dvdauthor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dvdauthor

How To Uninstall dvdauthor on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dvdauthor

Uninstall dvdauthor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dvdauthor

Remove dvdauthor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dvdauthor

Remove dvdauthor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dvdauthor

Dependencies

dvdauthor have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdvdread8
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libfribidi0
• libpng16-16
• libxml2

References

• dvdauthor website

Summary

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