How To Install libavresample-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavresample-dev on Kali Linux. libavresample-dev is FFmpeg compatibility library for resampling - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavresample-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libavresample-dev

libavresample-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 is provided for compatibility reasons only. The FFmpeg project advises to use libswresample instead.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libavresample-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 libavresample-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libavresample-dev

Install libavresample-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libavresample-dev

Install libavresample-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libavresample-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavresample-dev

How To Uninstall libavresample-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libavresample-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavresample-dev

Uninstall libavresample-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavresample-dev

Remove libavresample-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libavresample-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavresample-dev

Remove libavresample-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavresample-dev

Dependencies

libavresample-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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