How To Install gem-plugin-v4l2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-v4l2 on Kali Linux.
What is gem-plugin-v4l2
gem-plugin-v4l2 is:
Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.
This package provides video input and output using V4L2.
For video output, you might want to use a loopback device, for which you will have to install the v4l2loopback kernel module as well.
There are three methods to install gem-plugin-v4l2 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 gem-plugin-v4l2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-v4l2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-v4l2Install gem-plugin-v4l2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-v4l2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-v4l2Install gem-plugin-v4l2 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-v4l2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-v4l2How To Uninstall gem-plugin-v4l2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gem-plugin-v4l2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-v4l2Uninstall gem-plugin-v4l2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gem-plugin-v4l2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-v4l2Remove gem-plugin-v4l2 Configurations and Data
To remove gem-plugin-v4l2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-v4l2Remove gem-plugin-v4l2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-v4l2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-v4l2Dependencies
gem-plugin-v4l2 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-v4l2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.