How To Install libffms2-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libffms2-dev
libffms2-dev 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”.
This package contain headers and other files needed to compile and link against libffms2.
There are three methods to install libffms2-dev 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-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libffms2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffms2-devInstall libffms2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libffms2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffms2-devInstall libffms2-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libffms2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffms2-devHow To Uninstall libffms2-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libffms2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffms2-devUninstall libffms2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffms2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffms2-devRemove libffms2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libffms2-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffms2-devRemove libffms2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffms2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffms2-devDependencies
libffms2-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffms2-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
