How To Install gmerlin-plugins-base on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmerlin-plugins-base
on Kali Linux.
What is gmerlin-plugins-base
gmerlin-plugins-base is:
Gmerlin is a multiformat media player with tree-like virtual directory structure, where you can save your files, webstreams or whatever. It handles even large media collections gracefully. Hardware devices appear also in the tree so you can open Audio-CDs, (S)VCDs, DVDs and DVB-broadcasts.
This package provides the gmerlin plugins from the “base” set.
There are three methods to install gmerlin-plugins-base
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-base 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-base
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmerlin-plugins-base
Install gmerlin-plugins-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmerlin-plugins-base
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmerlin-plugins-base
Install gmerlin-plugins-base 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-base
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmerlin-plugins-base
How To Uninstall gmerlin-plugins-base on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gmerlin-plugins-base
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmerlin-plugins-base
Uninstall gmerlin-plugins-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmerlin-plugins-base
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmerlin-plugins-base
Remove gmerlin-plugins-base Configurations and Data
To remove gmerlin-plugins-base
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmerlin-plugins-base
Remove gmerlin-plugins-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmerlin-plugins-base
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmerlin-plugins-base
Dependencies
gmerlin-plugins-base have the following dependencies:
- libasound2
- libc6
- libcddb2
- libcdio-cdda2
- libcdio-paranoia2
- libcdio19
- libexif12
- libgavl1
- libgmerlin0
- libjack-jackd2-0
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libpulse0
- libquicktime2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmerlin-plugins-base
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.