How To Install gcap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gcap

gcap is:

gcap is a command line tool for retrieving YouTube closed captions. The retrieved closed captions are saved in SubRip (srt) file format.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcap

Install gcap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gcap

Install gcap 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 gcap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcap

How To Uninstall gcap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gcap

Uninstall gcap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcap

Remove gcap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gcap

Remove gcap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcap

Dependencies

gcap have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• gcap website

Summary

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