How To Install php-getid3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-getid3 on Kali Linux. php-getid3 is scripts to extract information from multimedia files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-getid3 on Kali Linux.

What is php-getid3

php-getid3 is:

PHP script that extracts useful information from popular multimedia file formats.

getID3() supports many formats such as ID3v1, ID3v2, Ogg, MPC, AVI, etc.

There are three methods to install php-getid3 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 php-getid3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-getid3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-getid3

Install php-getid3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-getid3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-getid3

Install php-getid3 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 php-getid3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-getid3

How To Uninstall php-getid3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-getid3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-getid3

Uninstall php-getid3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-getid3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-getid3

Remove php-getid3 Configurations and Data

To remove php-getid3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-getid3

Remove php-getid3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-getid3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-getid3

Dependencies

php-getid3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-getid3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.