How To Install libavifile-0.7c2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavifile-0.7c2 on Kali Linux.

What is libavifile-0.7c2

libavifile-0.7c2 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.

There are three methods to install libavifile-0.7c2 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-0.7c2 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-0.7c2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavifile-0.7c2

Install libavifile-0.7c2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavifile-0.7c2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavifile-0.7c2

Install libavifile-0.7c2 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-0.7c2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavifile-0.7c2

How To Uninstall libavifile-0.7c2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libavifile-0.7c2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavifile-0.7c2

Uninstall libavifile-0.7c2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavifile-0.7c2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavifile-0.7c2

Remove libavifile-0.7c2 Configurations and Data

To remove libavifile-0.7c2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavifile-0.7c2

Remove libavifile-0.7c2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavifile-0.7c2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavifile-0.7c2

Dependencies

libavifile-0.7c2 have the following dependencies:

• libavifile-0.7-common

References

• libavifile-0.7c2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavifile-0.7c2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.