How To Install libxine2-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxine2-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libxine2-dev
libxine2-dev is:
This contains development files (headers, documentation and the like) and additional documentation for developers for the xine library (libxine).
Libxine provides the complete infrastructure for a video/media player. It supports MPEG 1/2 and some AVI and Quicktime videos out of the box, so you can use it to play DVDs, (S)VCDs and most video files out there. It supports network streams, subtitles and even MP3 or Ogg files. It’s extensible to your heart’s content via plugins for audio and video output, input media, demuxers (stream types), audio/video and subtitle codecs.
There are three methods to install libxine2-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 libxine2-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxine2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxine2-devInstall libxine2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxine2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxine2-devInstall libxine2-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 libxine2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxine2-devHow To Uninstall libxine2-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libxine2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxine2-devUninstall libxine2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxine2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxine2-devRemove libxine2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxine2-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxine2-devRemove libxine2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxine2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxine2-devDependencies
libxine2-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxine2-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.