How To Install libxvidcore-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxvidcore-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libxvidcore-dev
libxvidcore-dev is:
Xvid (formerly XviD) is an open source MPEG-4 video codec, implementing MPEG-4 Simple Profile, Advanced Simple Profile, and Advanced Video Coding standards. It is written in C with assembler optimizations for quality and speed (including MMX, SSE, and 3Dnow! code for i386 and AltiVec for PowerPC), and is especially optimized towards offline, multi-pass compression for storage and archival purposes.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libxvidcore-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 libxvidcore-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxvidcore-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxvidcore-devInstall libxvidcore-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxvidcore-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxvidcore-devInstall libxvidcore-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 libxvidcore-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxvidcore-devHow To Uninstall libxvidcore-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libxvidcore-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxvidcore-devUninstall libxvidcore-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxvidcore-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxvidcore-devRemove libxvidcore-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxvidcore-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxvidcore-devRemove libxvidcore-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxvidcore-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxvidcore-devDependencies
libxvidcore-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxvidcore-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
