How To Install mediainfo on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo on Kali Linux. mediainfo is command-line utility for reading information from audio/video files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mediainfo on Kali Linux.

What is mediainfo

mediainfo is:

MediaInfo is a utility used for retrieving technical information and other metadata about audio or video files.

A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media files include:

  • General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration…
  • Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate…
  • Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate…
  • Text: language of subtitle
  • Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters

MediaInfo supports the following formats:

  • Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)…
  • Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC…)
  • Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF…
  • Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI… MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file

This package includes the command line interface.

There are three methods to install mediainfo 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 mediainfo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mediainfo

Install mediainfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mediainfo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mediainfo

Install mediainfo 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 mediainfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mediainfo

How To Uninstall mediainfo on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mediainfo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mediainfo

Uninstall mediainfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mediainfo

Remove mediainfo Configurations and Data

To remove mediainfo configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mediainfo

Remove mediainfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mediainfo

Dependencies

mediainfo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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