How To Install libquicktime-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquicktime-doc on Kali Linux. libquicktime-doc is library for reading and writing Quicktime files (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquicktime-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libquicktime-doc

libquicktime-doc is:

libquicktime is a library for reading and writing QuickTime files on UNIX systems. Video CODECs supported by this library are OpenDivX, MJPA, JPEG Photo, PNG, RGB, YUV 4:2:2, and YUV 4:2:0 compression. Supported audio CODECs are Ogg Vorbis, IMA4, ulaw, and any linear PCM format.

This package contains the html documentation of the libquicktime API.

There are three methods to install libquicktime-doc 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 libquicktime-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libquicktime-doc

Install libquicktime-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libquicktime-doc

Install libquicktime-doc 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 libquicktime-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libquicktime-doc

How To Uninstall libquicktime-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libquicktime-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libquicktime-doc

Uninstall libquicktime-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquicktime-doc

Remove libquicktime-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libquicktime-doc

Remove libquicktime-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquicktime-doc

Dependencies

libquicktime-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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