How To Install rtmpdump on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rtmpdump

rtmpdump is:

A small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP protocol (like BBC’s iPlayer high quality streams). Supplying an RTMP URL will result in a dumped flv file, which can be played/transcoded with standard tools.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rtmpdump

Install rtmpdump Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rtmpdump

Install rtmpdump 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 rtmpdump using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rtmpdump

How To Uninstall rtmpdump on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rtmpdump

Uninstall rtmpdump And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rtmpdump

Remove rtmpdump Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rtmpdump

Remove rtmpdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rtmpdump

Dependencies

rtmpdump have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• librtmp1

References

• rtmpdump website

Summary

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