How To Install libmpv-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpv-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmpv-dev
libmpv-dev is:
mpv is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
This package provides development files for libmpv.
There are three methods to install libmpv-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 libmpv-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmpv-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpv-devInstall libmpv-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmpv-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpv-devInstall libmpv-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmpv-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpv-devHow To Uninstall libmpv-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmpv-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpv-devUninstall libmpv-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpv-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpv-devRemove libmpv-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmpv-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpv-devRemove libmpv-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpv-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpv-devDependencies
libmpv-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpv-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.