How To Install ffmpegfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ffmpegfs

ffmpegfs is:

A read-only FUSE filesystem which transcodes various audio and video formats to MP4, WebM and many more on the fly when opened and read using the FFmpeg library, this way supporting a multitude of input formats and a variety of common output formats.

This allows access to a multi media file collection with software and/or hardware which only understands one of the supported output formats, or transcode files through simple drag-and-drop in a file browser.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ffmpegfs

Install ffmpegfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ffmpegfs

Install ffmpegfs 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 ffmpegfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ffmpegfs

How To Uninstall ffmpegfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ffmpegfs

Uninstall ffmpegfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffmpegfs

Remove ffmpegfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpegfs

Remove ffmpegfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffmpegfs

Dependencies

ffmpegfs have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec58

References

• ffmpegfs website

Summary

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