How To Install harvid on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is harvid

harvid is:

Harvid is a HTTP server to efficiently extract, cache and serve still images from movie files.

It provides for frame-accurate decoding and is main use-case is to act as backend and second level cache for rendering the videotimeline in Ardour.

Harvid uses ffmpeg/libav and supports a wide variety of video codecs and formats.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install harvid

Install harvid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install harvid

Install harvid 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 harvid using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install harvid

How To Uninstall harvid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove harvid

Uninstall harvid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove harvid

Remove harvid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge harvid

Remove harvid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge harvid

Dependencies

harvid have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec58

References

• harvid website

Summary

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