How To Install ffmpeg on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpeg
on Kali Linux.
What is ffmpeg
ffmpeg is:
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.
This package contains:
- ffmpeg: a command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats
- ffplay: a simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries
- ffprobe: a simple multimedia stream analyzer
- qt-faststart: a utility to rearrange Quicktime files
There are three methods to install 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 ffmpeg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpeg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install ffmpeg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpeg
using apt
by running the following command:
Install 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.
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpeg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall ffmpeg on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ffmpeg
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall ffmpeg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffmpeg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove ffmpeg Configurations and Data
To remove ffmpeg
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove ffmpeg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffmpeg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
ffmpeg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpeg
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.