How To Install libdav1d-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d-dev on Kali Linux. libdav1d-dev is fast and small AV1 video stream decoder (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libdav1d-dev

libdav1d-dev is:

dav1d is an AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) cross-platform decoder and focused on speed and correctness.

dav1d supports the following features:

  • support for all features of the AV1 bitstream
  • support for all bitdepth, 8, 10 and 12bits
  • support for all chroma subsamplings 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 and grayscale
  • full acceleration for AVX-2 chips
  • full acceleration for SSSE3+ chips
  • full acceleration for ARMv8 chips
  • partial acceleration for ARMv7 chips

This package provides the development files for libdav1d.

There are three methods to install libdav1d-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 libdav1d-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 libdav1d-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdav1d-dev

Install libdav1d-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdav1d-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdav1d-dev

Install libdav1d-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 libdav1d-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdav1d-dev

How To Uninstall libdav1d-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdav1d-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdav1d-dev

Uninstall libdav1d-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdav1d-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdav1d-dev

Remove libdav1d-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libdav1d-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdav1d-dev

Remove libdav1d-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdav1d-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdav1d-dev

Dependencies

libdav1d-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.