How To Install multimedia-devel on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install multimedia-devel on Kali Linux.

What is multimedia-devel

multimedia-devel is:

This metapackage will install additional software to compile audio software.

There are three methods to install multimedia-devel 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 multimedia-devel Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install multimedia-devel

Install multimedia-devel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install multimedia-devel

Install multimedia-devel 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 multimedia-devel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multimedia-devel

How To Uninstall multimedia-devel on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the multimedia-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove multimedia-devel

Uninstall multimedia-devel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimedia-devel

Remove multimedia-devel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge multimedia-devel

Remove multimedia-devel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimedia-devel

Dependencies

multimedia-devel have the following dependencies:

• multimedia-tasks

References

• multimedia-devel website

Summary

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