How To Install libmfx-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmfx-dev
libmfx-dev is:
Intel? Media SDK provides an API to access hardware-accelerated video decode, encode and filtering on Intel? platforms with integrated graphics.
Supported video encoders: HEVC, AVC, MPEG-2, JPEG Supported Video decoders: HEVC, AVC, VP8, MPEG-2, VC1, JPEG Supported video pre-processing filters: Color Conversion, Deinterlace, Denoise, Resize, Rotate, Composition
This package contains files needed for development.
There are three methods to install libmfx-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 libmfx-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmfx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmfx-devInstall libmfx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmfx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmfx-devInstall libmfx-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 libmfx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmfx-devHow To Uninstall libmfx-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmfx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmfx-devUninstall libmfx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmfx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmfx-devRemove libmfx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmfx-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmfx-devRemove libmfx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmfx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmfx-devDependencies
libmfx-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
