How To Install libswscale-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libswscale-dev

libswscale-dev is:

FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

This library performs highly optimized image scaling and colorspace and pixel format conversion operations. Specifically, this library performs the following conversions:

• Rescaling is the process of changing the video size. Several rescaling options and algorithms are available. This is usually a lossy process.
• Pixel format conversion is the process of converting the image format and colorspace of the image, for example from planar YUV420P to RGB24 packed. It also handles packing conversion, that is converts from packed layout (all pixels belonging to distinct planes interleaved in the same buffer), to planar layout (all samples belonging to the same plane stored in a dedicated buffer or “plane”). This is usually a lossy process in case the source and destination colorspaces differ.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libswscale-dev

Install libswscale-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libswscale-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libswscale-dev

How To Uninstall libswscale-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libswscale-dev

Uninstall libswscale-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libswscale-dev

Remove libswscale-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libswscale-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libswscale-dev have the following dependencies:

• libavutil-dev

References

• libswscale-dev website

Summary

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