How To Install libplacebo-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplacebo-dev on Kali Linux. libplacebo-dev is GPU-accelerated video/image rendering primitives (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libplacebo-dev

libplacebo-dev is:

The library provides useful GPU-accelerated image processing primitives based on GLSL. It includes shader routines for decoding and transforming colors, tone mapping, dithering, and for various algorithms that sample from images, such as debanding and scaling.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libplacebo-dev

Install libplacebo-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libplacebo-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libplacebo-dev

How To Uninstall libplacebo-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libplacebo-dev

Uninstall libplacebo-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplacebo-dev

Remove libplacebo-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libplacebo-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libplacebo-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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