How To Install libmediastreamer-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmediastreamer-dev on Kali Linux. libmediastreamer-dev is Development files for the mediastreamer2 library

Introduction

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

What is libmediastreamer-dev

libmediastreamer-dev is:

Mediastreamer2 is a powerful and lightweight streaming engine specially designed for voice/video telephony applications.

This open source library is responsible for all receiving and sending of multimedia streams in Linphone, including voice/video capture, encoding, decoding, and rendering.

This package contains the development files for the development library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmediastreamer-dev

Install libmediastreamer-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmediastreamer-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmediastreamer-dev

How To Uninstall libmediastreamer-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmediastreamer-dev

Uninstall libmediastreamer-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmediastreamer-dev

Remove libmediastreamer-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmediastreamer-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmediastreamer-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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