How To Install libmjpegtools-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmjpegtools-dev on Kali Linux. libmjpegtools-dev is MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (development)

Introduction

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

What is libmjpegtools-dev

libmjpegtools-dev is:

The mjpeg programs are a set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmjpegtools-dev

Install libmjpegtools-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmjpegtools-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmjpegtools-dev

How To Uninstall libmjpegtools-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmjpegtools-dev

Uninstall libmjpegtools-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmjpegtools-dev

Remove libmjpegtools-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmjpegtools-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmjpegtools-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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