How To Install gstreamer1.0-libav on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-libav on Kali Linux.
What is gstreamer1.0-libav
gstreamer1.0-libav is:
This GStreamer plugin supports a large number of audio and video compression formats through the use of the ffmpeg library. The plugin contains GStreamer elements for encoding 40+ formats (MPEG, DivX, MPEG4, AC3, DV, …), decoding elements for decoding 90+ formats (AVI, MPEG, OGG, Matroska, ASF, …), demuxing 30+ formats and colorspace conversion.
http://www.ffmpeg.org/ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-libav.html
There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-libav 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 gstreamer1.0-libav Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-libav using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-libavInstall gstreamer1.0-libav Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-libav using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-libavInstall gstreamer1.0-libav 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 gstreamer1.0-libav using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-libavHow To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-libav on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-libav package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-libavUninstall gstreamer1.0-libav And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer1.0-libav and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-libavRemove gstreamer1.0-libav Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer1.0-libav configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-libavRemove gstreamer1.0-libav configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-libav configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-libavDependencies
gstreamer1.0-libav have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-libav package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
