How To Install mjpegtools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mjpegtools
on Kali Linux.
What is mjpegtools
mjpegtools is:
The mjpeg programs are a set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux.
There are three methods to install mjpegtools
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 mjpegtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mjpegtools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mjpegtools
Install mjpegtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mjpegtools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mjpegtools
Install mjpegtools 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 mjpegtools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mjpegtools
How To Uninstall mjpegtools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mjpegtools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mjpegtools
Uninstall mjpegtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mjpegtools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mjpegtools
Remove mjpegtools Configurations and Data
To remove mjpegtools
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mjpegtools
Remove mjpegtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mjpegtools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mjpegtools
Dependencies
mjpegtools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mjpegtools
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.