How To Install libcheese8 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheese8 on Kali Linux. libcheese8 is tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam - base library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheese8 on Kali Linux.

What is libcheese8

libcheese8 is:

A webcam application that supports image and video capture. Makes it easy to take photos and videos of you, your friends, pets or whatever you want. Allows you to apply fancy visual effects, fine-control image settings and has features such as Multi-Burst mode, Countdown timer for photos.

This package contains the base shared library.

There are three methods to install libcheese8 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 libcheese8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcheese8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcheese8

Install libcheese8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcheese8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcheese8

Install libcheese8 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 libcheese8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcheese8

How To Uninstall libcheese8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcheese8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcheese8

Uninstall libcheese8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcheese8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcheese8

Remove libcheese8 Configurations and Data

To remove libcheese8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcheese8

Remove libcheese8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcheese8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcheese8

Dependencies

libcheese8 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheese8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.