How To Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Kali Linux.

What is gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder

gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder is:

Gmerlin_avdecoder is a general purpose media decoding library. It was written as a support library for gmerlin, but it can also be used by other applications.

This package contains the decoder plugins for gmerlin that are based on Gmerlin_avdecoder.

There are three methods to install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder 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 gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder

Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder

Install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder 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 gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder

How To Uninstall gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder

Uninstall gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder

Remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder Configurations and Data

To remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder

Remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder

Dependencies

gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder have the following dependencies:

• libgmerlin-avdec1
• libgmerlin0
• libc6
• libgavl1

References

• gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder website

Summary

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