How To Install sreview-encoder on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sreview-encoder on Kali Linux.

What is sreview-encoder

sreview-encoder is:

SReview is a video review and transcoding system. It allows users to review videos, and will then (after the review has finished) transcode them into archive-quality video files.

This package contains the encoder scripts that do all the hard work. It should be installed on the machines which will do the actual transcoding.

There are three methods to install sreview-encoder 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 sreview-encoder Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sreview-encoder

Install sreview-encoder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sreview-encoder

Install sreview-encoder 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 sreview-encoder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sreview-encoder

How To Uninstall sreview-encoder on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sreview-encoder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sreview-encoder

Uninstall sreview-encoder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sreview-encoder

Remove sreview-encoder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sreview-encoder

Remove sreview-encoder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sreview-encoder

Dependencies

sreview-encoder have the following dependencies:

• sreview-common
• bs1770gain
• inkscape
• perl

References

• sreview-encoder website

Summary

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