How To Install libavutil-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavutil-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libavutil-dev
libavutil-dev is:
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This library is a utility library to aid portable multimedia programming. It contains safe portable string functions, random number generators, data structures, additional mathematics functions, cryptography and multimedia related functionality (like enumerations for pixel and sample formats). It is not a library for code needed by both libavcodec and libavformat. The goal for this library is to be modular, small, efficient and useful.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libavutil-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 libavutil-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavutil-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavutil-devInstall libavutil-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavutil-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavutil-devInstall libavutil-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavutil-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavutil-devHow To Uninstall libavutil-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libavutil-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavutil-devUninstall libavutil-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavutil-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavutil-devRemove libavutil-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libavutil-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavutil-devRemove libavutil-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavutil-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavutil-devDependencies
libavutil-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavutil-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.