How To Install libhdcpsdk-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhdcpsdk-dev on Kali Linux. libhdcpsdk-dev is Intel unified HDCP implementation – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhdcpsdk-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libhdcpsdk-dev

libhdcpsdk-dev is:

The Intel(R) unified HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) is a user space implementation to prevent copying of digital audio & video content across digital display interfaces. It provides Linux user space implementation to enable the HDCP1.4 and HDCP2.2 protection for external digital display interfaces (HDMI/DP).

This package contains files needed for development.

There are three methods to install libhdcpsdk-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 libhdcpsdk-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhdcpsdk-dev

Install libhdcpsdk-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhdcpsdk-dev

Install libhdcpsdk-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libhdcpsdk-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhdcpsdk-dev

How To Uninstall libhdcpsdk-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhdcpsdk-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhdcpsdk-dev

Uninstall libhdcpsdk-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhdcpsdk-dev

Remove libhdcpsdk-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhdcpsdk-dev

Remove libhdcpsdk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhdcpsdk-dev

Dependencies

libhdcpsdk-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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