How To Install libavifile-0.7-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavifile-0.7-common on Kali Linux.

What is libavifile-0.7-common

libavifile-0.7-common is:

Library that allows programs to read and write compressed AVI files (Indeo Video, DivX ;-), etc.) under GNU. (De)Compression is performed with various audio/video plugins (FFMpeg, Vorbis, Win32, …). Formats like mpeg, mov are partly supported. For more info about usage of Win32, Lame and OpenDivX plugin see README.debian.

This package contains the common files which libavifile needed.

There are three methods to install libavifile-0.7-common 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 libavifile-0.7-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavifile-0.7-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavifile-0.7-common

Install libavifile-0.7-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavifile-0.7-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavifile-0.7-common

Install libavifile-0.7-common 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 libavifile-0.7-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavifile-0.7-common

How To Uninstall libavifile-0.7-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libavifile-0.7-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavifile-0.7-common

Uninstall libavifile-0.7-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavifile-0.7-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavifile-0.7-common

Remove libavifile-0.7-common Configurations and Data

To remove libavifile-0.7-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavifile-0.7-common

Remove libavifile-0.7-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavifile-0.7-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavifile-0.7-common

Dependencies

libavifile-0.7-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libavifile-0.7-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavifile-0.7-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.