How To Install libextractor-plugin-av on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-av on Kali Linux.

What is libextractor-plugin-av

libextractor-plugin-av is:

GNU libextractor provides developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files.

This package contains the plugins based on libav.

There are three methods to install libextractor-plugin-av 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 libextractor-plugin-av Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libextractor-plugin-av

Install libextractor-plugin-av Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-plugin-av using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-av

Install libextractor-plugin-av 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 libextractor-plugin-av using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-av

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-av on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libextractor-plugin-av package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-av

Uninstall libextractor-plugin-av And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextractor-plugin-av

Remove libextractor-plugin-av Configurations and Data

To remove libextractor-plugin-av configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libextractor-plugin-av

Remove libextractor-plugin-av configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libextractor-plugin-av configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextractor-plugin-av

Dependencies

libextractor-plugin-av have the following dependencies:

• libextractor3
• libavcodec58

References

• libextractor-plugin-av website

Summary

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