How To Install libffms2-4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-4 on Kali Linux.

What is libffms2-4

libffms2-4 is:

A cross platform ffmpeg wrapper library, and some additional content for things ffmpeg doesn’t handle well. A more friendly API and an easy way to say “open and decompress this, I don’t care how”.

There are three methods to install libffms2-4 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 libffms2-4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libffms2-4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libffms2-4

Install libffms2-4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libffms2-4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libffms2-4

Install libffms2-4 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 libffms2-4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libffms2-4

How To Uninstall libffms2-4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libffms2-4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libffms2-4

Uninstall libffms2-4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libffms2-4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffms2-4

Remove libffms2-4 Configurations and Data

To remove libffms2-4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libffms2-4

Remove libffms2-4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libffms2-4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffms2-4

Dependencies

libffms2-4 have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec58

References

• libffms2-4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.