How To Install nicovideo-dl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nicovideo-dl on Kali Linux.

What is nicovideo-dl

nicovideo-dl is:

Small command-line program to download videos from www.nicovideo.jp. Command-line syntax is similar to youtube-dl.

There are three methods to install nicovideo-dl 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 nicovideo-dl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nicovideo-dl

Install nicovideo-dl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nicovideo-dl

Install nicovideo-dl 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 nicovideo-dl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nicovideo-dl

How To Uninstall nicovideo-dl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nicovideo-dl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nicovideo-dl

Uninstall nicovideo-dl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nicovideo-dl

Remove nicovideo-dl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nicovideo-dl

Remove nicovideo-dl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nicovideo-dl

Dependencies

nicovideo-dl have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• nicovideo-dl website

Summary

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