How To Install libmlt-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt-data on Kali Linux.

What is libmlt-data

libmlt-data is:

MLT is an open source multimedia framework, designed and developed for television broadcasting. It provides a toolkit for broadcasters, video editors, media players, transcoders, web streamers and many more types of applications. The functionality of the system is provided via an assortment of ready to use tools, xml authoring components, and an extendible plug-in based API.

This package contains the data files for the MLT multimedia framework.

There are three methods to install libmlt-data 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 libmlt-data Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmlt-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmlt-data

Install libmlt-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmlt-data

Install libmlt-data 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 libmlt-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmlt-data

How To Uninstall libmlt-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmlt-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmlt-data

Uninstall libmlt-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlt-data

Remove libmlt-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmlt-data

Remove libmlt-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlt-data

Dependencies

libmlt-data have the following dependencies:

References

• libmlt-data website

Summary

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