How To Install libhdcpsdk0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhdcpsdk0 on Kali Linux. libhdcpsdk0 is Intel unified HDCP implementation – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhdcpsdk0 on Kali Linux.

What is libhdcpsdk0

libhdcpsdk0 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 the shared library.

There are three methods to install libhdcpsdk0 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 libhdcpsdk0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhdcpsdk0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhdcpsdk0

Install libhdcpsdk0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhdcpsdk0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhdcpsdk0

Install libhdcpsdk0 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 libhdcpsdk0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhdcpsdk0

How To Uninstall libhdcpsdk0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhdcpsdk0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhdcpsdk0

Uninstall libhdcpsdk0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhdcpsdk0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhdcpsdk0

Remove libhdcpsdk0 Configurations and Data

To remove libhdcpsdk0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhdcpsdk0

Remove libhdcpsdk0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhdcpsdk0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhdcpsdk0

Dependencies

libhdcpsdk0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhdcpsdk0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.