How To Install mplayer-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mplayer-doc on Kali Linux.

What is mplayer-doc

mplayer-doc is:

This package contains the HTML documentation for MPlayer, a movie player for Unix-like systems. It is available in several languages.

You only need this package if you want to read the MPlayer manual. The manpages are included in the regular MPlayer package.

There are three methods to install mplayer-doc 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 mplayer-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mplayer-doc

Install mplayer-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mplayer-doc

Install mplayer-doc 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 mplayer-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mplayer-doc

How To Uninstall mplayer-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mplayer-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mplayer-doc

Uninstall mplayer-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mplayer-doc

Remove mplayer-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mplayer-doc

Remove mplayer-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mplayer-doc

Dependencies

mplayer-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• mplayer-doc website

Summary

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