How To Install libmms-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmms-dev on Kali Linux. libmms-dev is MMS stream protocol library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libmms-dev

libmms-dev is:

LibMMS is a common library for parsing mms:// and mmsh:// type network streams. These are commonly used to stream Windows Media Video content over the web. LibMMS itself is only for receiving MMS stream, it doesn’t handle sending at all.

This package holds the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmms-dev

Install libmms-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmms-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmms-dev

How To Uninstall libmms-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmms-dev

Uninstall libmms-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmms-dev

Remove libmms-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmms-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmms-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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