How To Install libavfilter7 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter7 on Kali Linux.

What is libavfilter7

libavfilter7 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 audio/video filtering framework containing several filters, sources and sinks.

This package contains the runtime files.

There are three methods to install libavfilter7 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 libavfilter7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavfilter7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavfilter7

Install libavfilter7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavfilter7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavfilter7

Install libavfilter7 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 libavfilter7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavfilter7

How To Uninstall libavfilter7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libavfilter7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavfilter7

Uninstall libavfilter7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavfilter7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavfilter7

Remove libavfilter7 Configurations and Data

To remove libavfilter7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavfilter7

Remove libavfilter7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavfilter7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavfilter7

Dependencies

libavfilter7 have the following dependencies:

• libass9

References

• libavfilter7 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavfilter7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.