How To Install ffcvt on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ffcvt

ffcvt is:

ffcvt - ffmpeg convert wrapper to make it simple to do high efficiency audio/video compression (Opus/H.265) encoding, and for youtube as well.

The next-generation High Efficiency Video codec, HEVC and VP9 can produce videos visually comparable to libx264’s, but in about half the size; Meanwhile the Opus audio codec is becoming the best thing ever for compressing audio – A 64K Opus audio stream is comparable to mp3 files of 128K to 256K bandwidth. The ffcvt makes use of such fantastic high efficiency audio/video codec/encoding capability while shielding people from the complicated ffmpeg command line option settings, while versatile and powerful enough to allow advanced users to touch every corner of audio/video encoding.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ffcvt

Install ffcvt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ffcvt

Install ffcvt 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 ffcvt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ffcvt

How To Uninstall ffcvt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ffcvt

Uninstall ffcvt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffcvt

Remove ffcvt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ffcvt

Remove ffcvt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffcvt

Dependencies

ffcvt have the following dependencies:

References

• ffcvt website

Summary

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