How To Install libavcodec-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libavcodec-dev
libavcodec-dev is:
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.
This library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle streams, and several bitstream filters.
The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libavcodec-dev 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 libavcodec-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec-devInstall libavcodec-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavcodec-devInstall libavcodec-dev 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 libavcodec-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavcodec-devHow To Uninstall libavcodec-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libavcodec-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavcodec-devUninstall libavcodec-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavcodec-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcodec-devRemove libavcodec-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libavcodec-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavcodec-devRemove libavcodec-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavcodec-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcodec-devDependencies
libavcodec-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.