How To Install libmfx-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-tools on Kali Linux.
What is libmfx-tools
libmfx-tools 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 tools (asg-hevc and hevc_fei_extractor) and a test to check the functionality.
There are three methods to install libmfx-tools 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-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmfx-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmfx-toolsInstall libmfx-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmfx-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmfx-toolsInstall libmfx-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmfx-toolsHow To Uninstall libmfx-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmfx-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmfx-toolsUninstall libmfx-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmfx-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmfx-toolsRemove libmfx-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libmfx-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmfx-toolsRemove libmfx-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmfx-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmfx-toolsDependencies
libmfx-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
