How To Install libx264-160 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx264-160 on Kali Linux.

What is libx264-160

libx264-160 is:

libx264 is an advanced encoding library for creating H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video streams.

This package contains the libx264 shared library.

There are three methods to install libx264-160 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 libx264-160 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libx264-160 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libx264-160

Install libx264-160 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libx264-160 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libx264-160

Install libx264-160 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 libx264-160 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libx264-160

How To Uninstall libx264-160 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libx264-160 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libx264-160

Uninstall libx264-160 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libx264-160 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx264-160

Remove libx264-160 Configurations and Data

To remove libx264-160 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libx264-160

Remove libx264-160 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libx264-160 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx264-160

Dependencies

libx264-160 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libx264-160 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx264-160 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.