How To Install libffmpeg-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffmpeg-ocaml on Kali Linux. libffmpeg-ocaml is OCaml interface for FFmpeg – runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffmpeg-ocaml on Kali Linux.

What is libffmpeg-ocaml

libffmpeg-ocaml is:

The modules currently available are: Av: the module containing demuxers and muxers for reading and writing multimedia container formats. Avcodec: the module containing decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle codecs. Swresample: the module performing audio resampling, rematrixing and sample format conversion operations. Swscale: the module performing image scaling and color space/pixel format conversion operations. Avdevice: the module containing input and output devices for grabbing from and rendering to many common multimedia input/output software frameworks.

This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries

There are three methods to install libffmpeg-ocaml 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 libffmpeg-ocaml Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libffmpeg-ocaml

Install libffmpeg-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libffmpeg-ocaml

Install libffmpeg-ocaml 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 libffmpeg-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libffmpeg-ocaml

How To Uninstall libffmpeg-ocaml on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libffmpeg-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libffmpeg-ocaml

Uninstall libffmpeg-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffmpeg-ocaml

Remove libffmpeg-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libffmpeg-ocaml

Remove libffmpeg-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffmpeg-ocaml

Dependencies

libffmpeg-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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