How To Install nageru on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is nageru

nageru is:

Nageru (a pun on the Japanese verb nageru, meaning to throw or cast) is a live video mixer. It takes in inputs from one or more video cards (any DeckLink PCI card via Blackmagic’s drivers, and Intensity Shuttle USB3 and UltraStudio SDI USB3 cards via bmusb), mixes them together based on the operator’s desire and a theme written in Lua, and outputs a high-quality H.264 stream over TCP suitable for further transcoding and/or distribution.

Nageru aims to produce high-quality output, both in terms of audio and video, while still running on modest hardware.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nageru

Install nageru Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nageru

Install nageru 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 nageru using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nageru

How To Uninstall nageru on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nageru

Uninstall nageru And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nageru

Remove nageru Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nageru

Remove nageru configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nageru

Dependencies

nageru have the following dependencies:

• libasound2
• libavcodec58

References

• nageru website

Summary

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