How To Install libmediainfo-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediainfo-dev on Kali Linux. libmediainfo-dev is library reading metadata from media files – headers

Introduction

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

What is libmediainfo-dev

libmediainfo-dev is:

MediaInfo is a library used for retrieving technical information and other metadata about audio or video files.

A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media files include:

  • General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration…
  • Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate…
  • Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate…
  • Text: language of subtitle
  • Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters

MediaInfo supports the following formats:

  • Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)…
  • Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC…)
  • Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF…
  • Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI…

This package contains the headers and other development support files needed for compiling and linking applications and libraries which use this library.

There are three methods to install libmediainfo-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 libmediainfo-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 libmediainfo-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmediainfo-dev

Install libmediainfo-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmediainfo-dev

Install libmediainfo-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 libmediainfo-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmediainfo-dev

How To Uninstall libmediainfo-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmediainfo-dev

Uninstall libmediainfo-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmediainfo-dev

Remove libmediainfo-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmediainfo-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmediainfo-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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