How To Install libxine2-gnome on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxine2-gnome on Kali Linux. libxine2-gnome is GNOME-related plugins for libxine2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxine2-gnome on Kali Linux.

What is libxine2-gnome

libxine2-gnome is:

This package contains plugins for the xine video/media player engine, which are commonly used in the GNOME desktop environment. In detail this package contains the GDK Pixbuf decoding plugin.

If you are running GNOME, you most probably want to install this package.

There are three methods to install libxine2-gnome 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-gnome Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxine2-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxine2-gnome

Install libxine2-gnome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxine2-gnome using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxine2-gnome

Install libxine2-gnome 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 libxine2-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxine2-gnome

How To Uninstall libxine2-gnome on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxine2-gnome package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxine2-gnome

Uninstall libxine2-gnome And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxine2-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxine2-gnome

Remove libxine2-gnome Configurations and Data

To remove libxine2-gnome configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxine2-gnome

Remove libxine2-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxine2-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxine2-gnome

Dependencies

libxine2-gnome have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxine2-gnome package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.