How To Install intel-hdcp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-hdcp on Kali Linux. intel-hdcp is Intel unified HDCP implementation – userspace daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-hdcp on Kali Linux.

What is intel-hdcp

intel-hdcp is:

The Intel(R) unified HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) is a user space implementation to prevent copying of digital audio & video content across digital display interfaces. It provides Linux user space implementation to enable the HDCP1.4 and HDCP2.2 protection for external digital display interfaces (HDMI/DP).

This package contains the userspace daemon.

There are three methods to install intel-hdcp 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 intel-hdcp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install intel-hdcp

Install intel-hdcp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install intel-hdcp

Install intel-hdcp 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 intel-hdcp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install intel-hdcp

How To Uninstall intel-hdcp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the intel-hdcp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove intel-hdcp

Uninstall intel-hdcp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove intel-hdcp

Remove intel-hdcp Configurations and Data

To remove intel-hdcp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge intel-hdcp

Remove intel-hdcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intel-hdcp

Dependencies

intel-hdcp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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