How To Install melt on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is melt

melt is:

melt was meant as a test tool for the MLT framework, but it is also a powerful multitrack command line oriented video editor. It could also used as an minimalistic media player for audio and video files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install melt

Install melt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install melt

Install melt 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 melt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install melt

How To Uninstall melt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove melt

Uninstall melt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove melt

Remove melt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge melt

Remove melt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge melt

Dependencies

melt have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libmlt6
• libsdl2-2.0-0
• libmlt-data

References

• melt website

Summary

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