How To Install libavcodec-extra on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-extra on Kali Linux.
What is libavcodec-extra
libavcodec-extra 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 metapackage depends on the latest version of the libavcodec variant that offers additional codec support. Application packages can depend on it if they require or suggest this variant in a robust manner.
There are three methods to install libavcodec-extra 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-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec-extraInstall libavcodec-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavcodec-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavcodec-extraInstall libavcodec-extra 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-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavcodec-extraHow To Uninstall libavcodec-extra on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libavcodec-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavcodec-extraUninstall libavcodec-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavcodec-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavcodec-extraRemove libavcodec-extra Configurations and Data
To remove libavcodec-extra configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavcodec-extraRemove libavcodec-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavcodec-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavcodec-extraDependencies
libavcodec-extra have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavcodec-extra package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.