How To Install libextractor-plugin-gstreamer on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-gstreamer on Kali Linux. libextractor-plugin-gstreamer is extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (GStreamer plugin)

Introduction

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

What is libextractor-plugin-gstreamer

libextractor-plugin-gstreamer 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 plugin based on GStreamer.

There are three methods to install libextractor-plugin-gstreamer 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-gstreamer 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-gstreamer using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libextractor-plugin-gstreamer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-gstreamer

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

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-gstreamer

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-gstreamer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-gstreamer

Uninstall libextractor-plugin-gstreamer And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libextractor-plugin-gstreamer Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libextractor-plugin-gstreamer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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