How To Install libmlt6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt6 on Kali Linux.

What is libmlt6

libmlt6 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 files necessary for running applications that use the MLT multimedia framework.

There are three methods to install libmlt6 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 libmlt6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmlt6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmlt6

Install libmlt6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmlt6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmlt6

Install libmlt6 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 libmlt6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmlt6

How To Uninstall libmlt6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmlt6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmlt6

Uninstall libmlt6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmlt6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlt6

Remove libmlt6 Configurations and Data

To remove libmlt6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmlt6

Remove libmlt6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmlt6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlt6

Dependencies

libmlt6 have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec58

References

• libmlt6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlt6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.