How To Install libextractor-plugin-mpeg on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libextractor-plugin-mpeg

libextractor-plugin-mpeg 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 supporting mpeg files.

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

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

Install libextractor-plugin-mpeg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-mpeg

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

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-mpeg

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-mpeg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-mpeg

Uninstall libextractor-plugin-mpeg And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libextractor-plugin-mpeg Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libextractor-plugin-mpeg have the following dependencies:

• libextractor3
• libc6
• libmpeg2-4

References

• libextractor-plugin-mpeg website

Summary

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